July 23, 2006
Indian high-flyer with the world on his radar
Naresh Goyal, founder and chairman of Jet Airways. Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian
Naresh Goyal has the kind of house that makes you stop and gawp and wonder who could possibly live there - an elegant white stucco-fronted townhouse in a secluded road with sweeping views across Regent’s Park.
Goyal, 57, is one of India’s super-rich, a generation of businessmen redefining the world’s largest democracy. The Sunday Times this year ranked him as the sixth richest Asian living in Britain, estimating his wealth at £780m. He has lived in London since 1991.