Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Background

Born on August 15, 1931, Mr. K.P. Singh charted a distinguished and inimitable career, reflected in the establishment of India’s largest real estate company. Today, under his leadership, DLF Limited has established an unrivalled position in real estate industry with an enviable portfolio in terms of scale of delivery, bandwidth of range of products and development potential. Mr. K. P. Singh has conceived and pioneered initiatives, which are today, recognised as benchmarks in the real estate sector. He has been the visionary in steering DLF’s growth as a multi-dimensional, diversified, multi-billion dollar conglomerate. DLF has now become the world’s largest real estate company in terms of revenues, earnings, market capitalisation and developable area. A graduate in science, Mr. K.P. Singh pursued Aeronautical Engineering in UK, being subsequently selected to the Indian Army by British Officers Services Selection Board, UK. He was commissioned into the renowned cavalry regiment of ‘The Deccan Horse’ of the Indian Army. In 1960, he joined American Universal Electric Company and soon after its merger with DLF Universal Limited in 1979, he took over as the Managing Director of this new company.

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