Anand Mahindra, the billionaire Chairman of the Mahindra Group, is one of the most renowned business magnates in India, and often stays in the news due to his unique takes on various issues. The billionaire industrialist is very active on social media and likes to stay connected to people on X, Instagram, and other platforms.
In contrast, his daughters, Divya Mahindra and Aalika Mahindra, prefer to stay away from the public eye and live very private lives. Let us find out more about Anand Mahindra and his family, especially his daughters and their lives.
Anand Mahindra is married to Anuradha Mahindra, a journalist by profession who started the Man’s World and Verve magazines, and currently works as the editor of both publications. The couple have two daughters, Divya Mahindra and Aalika Mahindra, both married to foreign nationals and living overseas.
Divya Mahindra, Anand’s eldest, has a Bachelor’s degree in Design and Visual Communication from The New School college in New York. After her graduation in 2009, Divya worked with various organizations as a freelancer and part-timer, and in 2016 joined her mother’s Verve Magazine as Art Director.
Divya Mahindra is married to Jorge Zapata, a New York-based architect of Latino-American descent.
Anand Mahindra’s younger daughter, Aalika Mahindra, also lives in New York, and has a degree in documentary film making and photography. Aalika is married to a French national.
The Mahindra family has often received unwanted media attention regarding their daughters’ choice to marry foreign nationals from completely different cultures. However, Anand Mahindra has backed his daughters’ decisions on multiple occasions.
Replying to a social media comment questioning why he does not have an Indian son-in-law, Anand Mahindra shut down trolls with his response, stating that his daughters have complete freedom of choice to choose their partners according to their wishes and preferences, and he is proud of the choices they made.
