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{{short description|Indian businessman}}
{{use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dilip Piramal
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|11|02}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], India
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| known_for = VIP Luggage
| education = [[Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics]] ([[BComm]])
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| occupation = Businessman
| title = Chairman [[VIP Industries]]
| net worth = $5.38 Billion{{when|date=October 2020}}
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| boards = VIP Industries
| spouse = {{ubl
| {{marriage|Gita Piramal|1975|2005|end=div}}
| {{marriage|Shalini Piramal|2005}}
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| children = 3
| relatives =
}}
'''Dilip Piramal''' (born November 2, 1949) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] businessman. He is the chairman of the [[VIP Industries]], India's largest luggage manufacturer.

==Early life==
Dilip Piramal was born on November 2, 1949, in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="DNA India">{{cite news |title=I’m not very disciplined: Dilip Piramal |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-i-m-not-very-disciplined-dilip-piramal-1305505 |work=DNA India |date= Oct 31, 2009}}</ref> He is of Indian descent.<ref name="Forbes India">{{cite web |title= Dilip Piramal lives in the lap of luxury but values his time the most |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/best-things-money-can-buy/dilip-piramal-lives-in-the-lap-of-luxury-but-values-his-time-the-most/38973/1 |work=Forbes India |date=November 11, 2014}}</ref> His grandfather Piramal Chatrabhuj owned a textile business, in 1934. In 1979, after his father Gopikrishna Piramal's sudden death, Dilip Piramal ventured into the luggage business VIP, while his brother Ajay Piramal started out in the family's textile business, they diversified and expanded into pharma, acquiring Nicholas Laboratories in 1987.<ref name="Piramal Family">{{cite web |title= Piramal Family |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/piramal/#7a77de0a21a5 |work=Forbes |date=November 14, 2017}}</ref>

==Education ==
Piramal received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from [[Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics]] in 1970.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dilip Gopikisan Piramal, 69 |url=https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/IN/XBOM/506767/company-people/executive-profile/180115 |website=WSJ |accessdate=July 31, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Prominent Alumni |url=https://thesydenhamalumniassociation.wordpress.com/prominent-alumni/ |website=Prominent Alumni |accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
Piramal began his career as a director of Morarjee Mills in 1970. Five years later he took the position of a managing director of the same company and held it until 1980.<ref>{{cite web |title=VIP Industries Dilip Piramal |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/videos/business/vip-industries-dilip-piramal-net-profit-will-go-up-10-due-to-corporate-tax-cuts-4451711.htm |website=CNBCTV18 |accessdate=October 1, 2019}}</ref> In 1973, Dilip became a director of Blow Plast Ltd. Since 1980 he has been a chairman and managing director of Blow Plast Ltd. and [[VIP Industries]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Dilip Piramal Sees Opportunity in Crisis |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/expert-view/vip-industries-chairman-sees-opportunity-in-coronavirus-crisis-heres-why/articleshow/74116369.cms |website=Indiatimes |accessdate=February 13, 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life ==
Dilip married Gita Piramal in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |title=Redefining Resilience |url=http://www.marwar.com/redefining-resilience/ |website=Marwar |accessdate=March 17, 2016}}</ref> They have two children. They divorced in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dilip Gita Piramal Divorced |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/dilip-gita-piramal-divorced/139844/ |website=Financial Express |accessdate=June 4, 2005}}</ref>

Dilip married Shalini Piramal in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ties in Double Knots |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/ties-in-double-knots/295400 |website=Outlook India |accessdate=October 5, 2005}}</ref> They have one child.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ties in Double Knots |url=https://www.krazybutterfly.com/magazine/story/ties-in-double-knots/295400 |website=Outlook India |accessdate=October 15, 2016}}</ref>

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