Shashi and Ravi Ruia

Shashi Ruia
Ravi Ruia
OccupationBusinessmen

Shashi Ruia (23 December 1943 – 25 November 2024) and his younger brother Ravi Ruia (born April 1949), known together as the Ruia brothers, are Indian billionaires, and were the owners of Essar Group, founded in 1969.

In 2012, Forbes named the Ruia brothers as the world's richest Indians with a net worth of US$7 billion.

Shashi Ruia died on 25 November 2024 at the age of 80.