Shashi Kiran Shetty is an Indian

India

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 entrepreneur and business personality.The major stakeholder in All Cargo Global Logistics Ltd, A Logisitcs company with maketshare in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 and Belgium

Belgium

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.According to the Business Standard

Business Standard

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 magazine he is the 98 richest man in India. with estimated wealth of 1046.21 crore R.S. in 2006.

Early life

Born in a Tulu

Tulu language

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 speaking Bunt

Bunt (community)

Bunt , previously spelled Bant, are a community of erstwhile nobility, feudatory and gentry from the region of Tulu Nadu in the south west of India which comprises the districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada in the Indian state of Karnataka and Kasaragod taluk of Kerala...

 family in Bantwal

Bantwal

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,in the Indian State of Karnataka

Karnataka

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,Shetty graduated with a commerce degree from S.V.S. College in 1978.After graduation he moved to Mumbai

Mumbai

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 and worked for the Tata Group

Tata Group

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before starting his own enterprise All Cargo Global Logistics Ltd.which is currently estimated to be worth RS.1700 crore.

Awards and Regonition

• Annual Indian Maritime Gateway Awards 2008 for Best Logisitics company of the year
• 'Company of the Year' in the logistics category at the "NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards-2009"
• 'Deal of the Year' award at Seatrade award 2007