Kumar Mangalam Birla is an Indian businessman, the billionaire Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, a massive multinational conglomerate spanning metals (Hindalco), cement (Ultratech), telecom (Vodafone Idea), textiles, and financial services. His wealth is generational, tied to the industrial empire founded by his great-grandfather, Seth Shiv Narayan Birla, in 1857.

Birla received a B.Com. from University of Bombay and earned an MBA from the London Business School (LBS) in 1992. His career is defined by generational stewardship and strategic transformation (taking the Group global and focusing on sustainable growth). He took over as Chairman in 1995 at age 28 after the sudden death of his father, Aditya Vikram Birla.

• Aditya Birla Group (Chairman): The core private asset, a massive multinational conglomerate (operating in 36 countries with 140,000 employees). The group is a global leader in aluminum, copper, cement, and viscose staple fiber.
• Academic Background: He holds an MBA from the London Business School (LBS) and is a Chartered Accountant (CA).
• Succession: He became Chairman at age 28 following his father's unexpected death.
• CSR Focus: The Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development focuses on healthcare, education, and women's empowerment (impacting over 92 million people).

Kumar Birla's strategic leadership transformed the Aditya Birla Group from a primarily India-centric industrial company into a global multinational force (with 50 percent of revenues from overseas). He successfully engineered the merger of Ultratech Cement (making it the largest cement producer in India) and led major, highly complex acquisitions globally (e.g., Novelis aluminum in 2007 for $6 billion).

His structural contribution is immense: driving the growth of India's core industrial sectors (metals, cement, telecom) and pioneering a commitment to sustainable and ethical business practices. He serves on the Governing Body of the London Business School. His wealth is secured by the colossal, long-term, stable profitability of the diversified industrial and resource sectors.

Kumar Birla's social impact is massive and structural, tied to the Aditya Birla Group's role as a massive global employer and foundational provider of essential industrial and consumer goods. His Aditya Birla Centre for CSR is one of India's largest philanthropic endeavors, impacting over 92 million people through healthcare, education, and social empowerment programs—a major structural contribution to national development.

His structural contribution is tied to his role as a leading voice for corporate governance and ethical business practices in India and globally.

Kumar Birla maintains the distinguished, composed style of an Indian industrialist. His attire is consistently formal and high-quality, favoring tailored suits or traditional Indian business attire. His aesthetic reflects stability and immense corporate authority, typical of a fourth-generation leader of a massive chaebol-like empire.

Residing in Mumbai, India, his luxury is the immense security and financial reward derived from his multi-billion dollar fortune. His life is dedicated to industrial scale, corporate governance, and global philanthropy.