Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Born 5 July 1960 (age 54)

Pakistan, Pakistan
Education Chartered accountant
Alma mater Bombay University
Occupation Owner of Rare Enterprises,Investor & trader
Net worth USD 1.25 billion (2011)
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Spouse(s) Rekhaa Jhunjunwala
Children 3

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (born 5 July 1960) is an Indian investor and trader. He is a
qualified Chartered accountan. He manages his own portfolio as a partner in his asset
management firm, Rare Enterprises. Jhunjhunwala was described by India Today magazine as the
"pin-up boy of the current bull run "and by Economic Times as "Pied Piper of Indian bourses".
His investment philosophy says "Buy right and hold tight".



Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, 53, Indias most distinctive investor with a net worth of
more than USD 1 billion. He is one of the most famous and respected equity
investors in India and manages his own portfolio as a partner in his asset management
firm, Rare Enterprises.
Son of an income tax officer, he started trading in stocks while in Sydenham
College and plunged into investing as a full time profession soon after completing his
education.
He started his career with $100 in 1985 when the BSE Sensex was at 150. He
made his first big profit of Rs 0.5 million in 1986 when he sold 5,000 shares of Tata
Tea at a price of Rs 143 which he had purchased for Rs 43 a share just 3 months
ago. He made his first million in an iron ore mining company Sesa Goa whose shares
he bought at Rs 27 and sold at Rs 1,400.
His privately owned stock trading firm Rare Enterprises derives name from
first two initials of his name and wife Rekhas name.

Below is the list of Stocks held till July 2014 by Rakesh JhunJhunwala, Rekha
JhunJhunwala or Rare Enterprises Equity:
Company %Holding No of
Shares
(in
Lakhs)
Rs
Crore
Titan Company 9.05 804.66 1,799
Lupin 1.76 78.83 737
CRISIL 5.67 40 444
Rallis India 10.03 195.08 349
Delta Corp 6.84 155 182
Aptech 41.57 170.56 124
Geometric 19.35 122.51 122
NCC 11.54 296.08 89
Praj Industries 8.45 150.02 70
Firstsource Solutions 3.8 250 61
Escorts 4.08 50 60
TV18 Broadcast 1.34 229.4 56
Kesoram Industries 6.83 75 55
Pipavav Defence and Offshore

1.43 105 48
Prime Focus 6.14 113.95 38
Geojit BNP Paribas Financial

7.88 180 36
Anant Raj 2.12 62.5 35
Sterling Holiday Resorts

3.67 25.05 20
SpiceJet 1.92 100 19
A2Z Maintenance and Engineering

16.7 123.88 16
DB Realty 1.03 25 15
Viceroy Hotels 14.64 62.08 12
Autoline Industries 10.18 12.51 10
Bilcare 8.51 20.03 10
Ion Exchange (India) 6.02 8.75 9
Hindustan Oil Exploration Company 1.5 19.61 8
Mcnally Bharat Engineering 3.21 9.98 6
Prozone Capital Shopping Centres 2.46 37.5 6
Adinath Exim Resources 4.05 1.66 0
Company %Holding No of
Shares
(in
Lakhs)
Rs
Crore
Geometric 17.67 112.61 159
Rallis India 10.08 196.06 466
NCC 9.65 247.58 174
Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services 7.90 180.38 68
Bilcare 7.37 17.35 15
Titan Company 6.81 604.93 2,198
VIP Industries 6.70 94.71 95
Kesoram Industries 6.38 70.00 74
Ion Exchange (India) 6.02 8.75 14
Autoline Industries 5.93 7.31 6
Escorts 5.47 67.00 76
Agro Tech Foods 4.73 11.54 65
Autoline Industries 4.22 5.20 4
A2Z Maintenance and Engineering
Services
4.04 30.00 9
Dewan Housing Finance Corporation 3.97 51.00 183
Karur Vysya Bank 3.92 42.07 202
Firstsource Solutions 3.78 250.00 94
Adinath Exim Resources 3.53 1.45 0
Delta Corp 3.49 80.00 72
Agro Tech Foods 3.49 8.50 48
Sterling Holiday Resorts (India) 3.48 31.30 50
Prime Focus 3.41 63.25 31
Delta Corp 3.27 75.00 67
Prakash Industries 2.97 40.00 32
Prime Focus 2.73 50.70 25
Anant Raj 2.54 75.00 43
Pipavav Defence and Offshore
Engineering Company
2.11 155.08 76
Prozone Capital Shopping Centres 2.06 31.50 6
Titan Company 1.97 174.92 636
NCC 1.95 50.00 35