This is for those people who are ignorant and think Marathis are only labor class:
Shri S. L. Kirloskar (The Kirloskar Group (consisting of Kirloskar Brothers Limited, Kirloskar Oil Engines, Kirloskar Ferrous Industries, Kirloskar Pneumatic Company, Kirloskar Ebara Pumps Ltd., Kirloskar Construction And Engineering Ltd., SPP Pumps (UK), Gondwana Engineers Ltd, and The Kolhapur Steels Ltd).
Shri Kalyani is the owner of Bharat Forge With $1.8 billion in market capitalization, Bharat is now the second-largest forging combine in the world. Kalyani was born into an agricultural Marathi family in the western state of Maharashtra.
Shri Garware (Garware Industries)
Suhas Patil, a founder of Cirrus Logic’s predecessor company in 1981, and a founder of Cirrus Logic in 1984, was appointed Chairman Emeritus in July 1997.
Shri Shamrao Chougule hails from a farmer’s family in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The company has created direct employment for 1,000 families and indirect employment for thousands. And he’s made India proud. India became the first country from Asia to produce sparkling wine.