Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Success Story

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Success Story- Rs 5,000 to Rs 19,000 Crores!!

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala success story: According to the latest updates on Forbes, the net worth of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is $3.1 Billion, which is equivalent to over Rs 19,000 Crores. So, how did a regular guy from Mumbai with just Rs 5,000 became one of the most successful stock investors in Indian history? This is what we are going to discuss today.

In this post, we are going to walk you through the journey of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala in the Indian stock market. How he made over Rs 19,000 Crores starting from just Rs 5,000. Let’s get started.

Childhood

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, also known as the ‘big bull’ or ‘Indian Warren Buffett’ was born on 5th July 1960 in Mumbai. His father was an Income tax officer.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala consistently used to hear his father discussing stock market with his friends. As he was very curious about stocks, so once he asked his father why the stock price fluctuates daily? His father suggested him to read newspapers as its the news that makes the price of stocks to fluctuate.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala also expressed his wish to pursue a career in the stock market. However, his father suggested him to first get a graduate degree from a college. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala graduated from Sydenham College in 1985 as a chartered accountant.

After graduation, he again discussed his career goal as a stock market investor with his father. To this, his father replied that he is permitted to pursue any career. However, he also added that he’s not going to give him any money, nor he can ask the initial capital from any of his father’s friends.

Entering the stock market world

Mr. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala entered the stock market with just Rs 5,000 in 1985. At that time, Sensex was at 150 points (currently Sensex is hovering at 35,000 points).

Nevertheless, soon Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was able to take an amount of Rs 2.5 lakhs from one of his brother’s clients by promising to give higher returns compared to the fixed deposits.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s first big profit was Rs 0.5 million in 1986. He bought 5,000 shares of Tata Tea at Rs 43 and within 3 months it was trading at Rs 143. He made a profit of over 3 times by selling the stocks of Tata tea.

In the next few years. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala made a number of good profits from stocks. Between 1986-89, he earned Rs 20-25 lakhs. His next big investment was Sesa Goa, which he initially bought at Rs 28 and then increased his investment at Rs 35. Soon, the stock rallied to Rs 65.