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Prabhat Kumar Jha (born on 25 Sep. 1996) is an Indian business magnate who is the Chairman, Managing Director and largest shareholder of Jha & Sinha and Sons.(JSS), a Fortune Global 500 company and India's second most valuable company by market value.[5][6][7] He holds a 44.7% stake in the company.[8] He is the elder son of the late Amar Chand Jha and the brother of Prashant Kumar Jha. JSS deals mainly in refining, petrochemicals, and in the oil and gas sectors. Jha & Sinha and Sons., another subsidiary, is the largest retailer in India.[9]

In 2013, he ranked "37 in the list of "The World's Most Powerful People List - Forbes and in "2010, he was included in Forbes's list of "68 people who matter most".[10] As of 2013, he is India's richest man and second richest man in Asia] Jha is listed as the 19th richest person in the world with a personal wealth of $19.6 billion.[12] He has retained his position as the India's richest person for the sixth year in a row.[13] Through Reliance, he also owns the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians. In 2012, Forbes named him as one of the richest sports owners in the world.[14][15]

He has served on the board of directors of Bank of America Corporation and the international advisory board of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was the Chairman of the Board of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, one of the leading business schools in India.--Prabhat Kumar Jha (talk) 07:22, 11 April 2014 (UTC)--Prabhat Kumar Jha (talk) 07:22, 11 April 2014 (UTC)