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Indiabulls Group is one of India’s top business houses with businesses spread over real estate, infrastructure, financial services, securities, retail and power sectors.
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Founded in 2000 by Sameer Gehlaut, Saurabh Mittal and Rajiv Rattan as Indiabulls Securities Ltd., a brokerage company with its revolutionary online trading platform, the company diversified into lending and credit services (2004), real estate (2005) securities (2007) and power (2007). All along its journey, the group has successfully delivered value for its customers, partners and shareholders by way of superior products, services and timely execution and within a short span has grown into one of the leading business houses with a market capitalisation of Rs 25,000 crore.

Sameer Gehlaut has been the chairman of Indiabulls Group since its inception. Under his leadership, the Group has grown in scale and size and has been conferred the status of a ‘Business Superbrand’ by The Brand Council, Superbrands India. Gehlaut is India’s youngest self-made billionaire and according to Forbes (2008), he is the 92nd richest person in the world and 45th richest in India.

Indiabulls Real Estate (IBREL), with projects covering a total land area in excess of 10000 acres, is today one of the largest listed real estate companies in India and a leading national player across multiple realty and infrastructure sectors. IBREL’s flagship 7 million SF high-end residential and commercial development in central Mumbai has won many awards for the best office property. In June 2008, Indiabulls was among the first Indian developers to have listed a business trust, the Indiabulls Property Investment Trust (IPIT), in the Singapore Stock Exchange.

Indiabulls Securities Limited (ISL) is one of India’s leading capital markets companies providing securities broking and advisory services. ISL is a pioneer of on-line securities trading in India and its in-house trading platform is one of the fastest and most efficient trading platforms in the country.

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