Nadar vs Alekperov

HCLTech and Lukoil.

The differences

Forbes puts Shiv Nadar about $1B ahead of Vagit Alekperov.Forbes figures from 16 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
Both started the company their money comes from.
Shiv Nadar is about 5 years older than Vagit Alekperov.
Shiv Nadar is from India; Vagit Alekperov is from Russia.
Vagit Alekperov has held a public or government advisory role; Shiv Nadar has none on record.

Put someone else on either side

Nadar

Alekperov

Net worth, Forbes: $30.5BForbes, 16 Oct 2026; $29.5BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $32.8BBloomberg, 12 Oct 2026; $25.5BBloomberg, 8 Oct 2025
Forbes rank: No. 73Real-Time list, 16 Oct 2026; No. 78Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: 2006Earliest Forbes list in the cited sources: No. 168 on the 2006 World's Richest People with $4.0 billion; an earlier listing isn't ruled out; Not stated

How it started: Co-founded itCo-founded HCL in a garage in 1976 with five friends to make calculators and microprocessors; Founded itIn 1991 he took three large ministry-controlled oil fields and set up Lukoil
Main source: HCLTech stock held through family promoter companiesBloomberg: the majority of his fortune is held in HCL Technologies; the family also has a majority of HCL Infosystems; Lukoil stock and dividendsBloomberg: most of his fortune is a 28.3% Lukoil stake; he has collected more than $13 billion in dividends
Companies: HCLTechHCLTech: Founder; chairman emeritus and strategic advisor to the board; LukoilLukoil: Founder; no executive or board role
Biggest stake: HCLTech0.00003% owned; Lukoil8.6% owned

Born: 14 Jul 1945Moolaipozhi, Tamil Nadu, India; 1950Baku, Azerbaijan
Country: IndiaLives in Delhi, India; RussiaLives in Moscow, Russia
Education: Bachelor's degreeElectrical engineering degree, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore; Graduate degreeMaster of science in engineering, Azerbaijan Institute of Oil and Chemistry (1974)
Parents: Born in Moolaipozhi village, Tamil Nadu; lost his father early; Youngest of five children; his father, an oil worker, died when he was 3

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: Shiv Nadar FoundationEstablished in 1994; Our Future FoundationSet up and financed by him; makes interest-free loans to social enterprises
Lifetime giving: $1.1BForbes, 30 Sep 2026. Forbes: donated to the Shiv Nadar Foundation; Bloomberg says the foundation has spent about $1.75 billion since 1994; Not stated

Role now: Founder, no executive roleChairman emeritus and strategic advisor to the board of HCLTech; Founder, no executive roleLukoil shareholder; left the presidency and board in April 2022
Successor: His daughter Roshni Nadar Malhotra chairs HCLTech and the HCL Group (since July 2020); C Vijayakumar is CEO and managing director; son-in-law Shikhar Malhotra is a director of HCL Corporation and vice chairman and CEO of HCL Healthcare; Vadim Vorobyev, first executive vice president, was named temporary president of Lukoil in April 2022
Public office: None found; Soviet deputy minister overseeing the oil industrybefore 1991
Legal record: None found; 2022: UK government; 2025: UK Companies HouseSanctioned by the UK in April 2022; he stepped down as Lukoil president days later. Disqualified from acting as a company director from 9 April 2025 as a person designated under UK sanctions (UK sanctions list reference RUS1334).