Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, who was identified as Big Bull and Indian Warren Buffett of the Indian stock market, was born on 5 July 1960. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was one of the greatest investors in India. He was known as the stock market veteran.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s father worked as an income tax officer. This was also one of the reasons behind his interest in the stock market. How an ordinary man from Mumbai became the most legendary investor in Indian history with an investment of just Rs 5,000, today we will learn about this.

How was the beginning?

From his college days, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s interest in the stock market started increasing. However, when he obtained a Chartered Accountant degree from the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India, ie ICAI, he decided to include full time in the stock market. In 1985, he chose the stock market as his career, where he had invested just Rs 5,000 as earlier. If you look at you, today Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s net worth was ₹ 51,336.4 crore till January 2025.

Entry in such market

In 1985, when Rakesh Jhunjhunwala entered the stock market, he invested just Rs 5,000. At the time, Bombay Stock Exchange i.e. BSE Sensex used to trade at 150 points. At that time, Rakesh promised to give more returns to a customer of his brother in comparison to a fixed deposit and he was successful in doing so. In 1986, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s first profit was 0.5 million rupees. He bought 5,000 shares of Tata Tea Company for just Rs 43 and within 3 months these shares started trading at Rs 143. After which Rakesh Jhunjhunwala earned more than 3 times profit by selling Tata Tea Company shares.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s portfolio in multi-baggars stock

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala managed a private company called ‘Rare Enterprises’ to a stock trading firm. The name is named after his first 2 letters of Rakesh and his wife Mrs. Rekha Jhunjhunwala.

The faces of investors blossomed on the stock market on the last trading day of the week

During his long career in the stock market, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala invested several multi-bagger shares. The portfolio of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala has some multi-baggers Crisil, Praj Ind, Aurobindo Pharma, NCC, etc.