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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian businessman chairman of Shree Cement}}<br />
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| name = Benu Gopal Bangur<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1931}}<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
| education = [[Calcutta University]]<br />
| occupation = Businessman<br />
| title = Chairman, [[Shree Cement]]<br />
| known for = Heir, member of Bangur family<br />
| networth = [[United States dollar|US$]]8.4 billion <small>(July 2021)<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web|title=Benu Gopal Bangur|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/benu-gopal-bangur/|website=Forbes|accessdate=13 April 2021}}</ref></small><br />
| spouse = Widowed<br />
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| children = 2, including [[Hari Mohan Bangur]]<br />
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'''Benu Gopal Bangur''' (born 1931) is an Indian [[billionaire]] businessman, and the chairman of [[Shree Cement]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Bangur was born in a 1931 in a Marwari business family. Bangur was educated at [[Calcutta University]].<ref name=Forbes/><br />
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==Career==<br />
His grandfather, Mungee Ram Bangur, a Calcutta stockbroker, and his brother Ram Coowar Bangur, started the Bangur business empire in the late 19th century. In 1991, the business was split into five groups, between Balbhadra Das Bangur, Niwas Bangur, Kumar Bangur and Benu Gopal Bangur (all grandsons of Mungee Ram) and Laxmi Niwas Bangur (grandson of Ram Coowar).<ref name=BS>{{cite news|title=The Problems Of An Ageing Tree|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/the-problems-of-an-ageing-tree-197021801044_1.html|accessdate=24 January 2015|work=Business Standard|date=18 February 1997}}</ref><br />
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According to ''[[Forbes]]'', Bangur has a net worth of $6.0 billion, as of October 2019.<ref name=Forbes/> In 2020, he ranked 14th in ''Forbes''' Indian billionaire list with a net worth of $7.3 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=These 119 Indian billionaires are worth over $300 billion right now, according to Forbes|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/checkout-the-list-of-total-billionaires-in-india-with-net-worth-according-to-forbes/articleshow/78161500.cms|access-date=2020-12-31|website=Business Insider}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Bangur is widowed with two children and lives in Kolkata.<ref name=Forbes/> His son, [[Hari Mohan Bangur]], has been running Shree Cement since 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Passion To Win: The Story Of Hari Mohan Bangur Of Shree Cement|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/passion-to-win-the-story-of-hari-mohan-bangur-of-shree-cement-2245083.html|access-date=2020-12-31|website=www.moneycontrol.com}}</ref><br />
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