Vellayan Subbiah has been selected for the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year 2024.
He is the fourth winner from India in the 24-year history of the award.
This makes India the only country among EY regions to win the global entrepreneurship award four times.
Other Indians who won the award are Narayana Murthy, Uday Kotak and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.
Vellayan Subbiah is the Executive Vice-Chairman of Tube Investments of India (TII) and Chairman of Cholamandalam (Chola) Investment and Finance Co. Ltd.
He was chosen from among nearly 5,000 programme participants.
These participants included 51 winners across 47 countries and jurisdictions.
He was awarded the EY Entrepreneur of the Year for India in 2023.
