G urbachan Singh Dhingra is an Indian billionaire who is the vice chairman of Berger Paints India, one of the country's largest paint manufacturers. He and his brother, Kuldip Singh Dhingra, who serves as chairman, acquired the then-small Indian operations of the British paint company, Berger, in the early 1990s. They have since built it into a dominant player in the Indian paint industry.
Under the Dhingra brothers' ownership, Berger Paints has grown at a phenomenal rate, consistently gaining market share on the industry leader, Asian Paints. They have built the company with a focus on product innovation and a strong distribution network. The company is publicly traded on the Indian stock exchanges, and its soaring stock price over the years has turned the brothers' controlling stake into a multi-billion dollar fortune. The family's business roots are in paints, dating back to their grandfather's small paint shop in the 19th century.
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