The Sikh 100 2024

Singh Sahib Jathedar Sant Baba Kulwant Singh Ji was born in Nanded Sahib on 1st May 1967. Baba ji grandfather was Sardar Mangal Singh Ji, Kadewale.

Giani Raghbir Singh Ji is the Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib – the highest temporal seat of Sikhs.

USA

Ajaypal Singh Banga is the current president of the World Bank Group. He was the executive chairman of Mastercard, after having previously been president and CEO.

Harjinder Singh Dhami is a Sikh lawyer who has been serving as the 30th president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee since 2021.

Bhagwant Singh Mann is an Indian politician and former actor, comedian and satirist serving as the 17th and current Chief Minister of Punjab since 2022.

Baba Balbir Singh Ji, born in Patiala in 1964, were sworn as the 14th Jathedar of Budha Dal by their predecessor Singh Sahib Baba Santa Singh Ji.

Jinda Shaheed, Singh Sahib Jathedar Sant Baba Nihal Singh Ji, of the Sikh organisation Misl Shaheedan Tarna Dal Harian Belan, is a living embodiment of the true teachings of the Sikhi.

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Bhai Sahib (Dr) Mohinder Singh Ji, Chairman of the Nishkam Group of Charitable Organisations since 1995, is the third inline of the Spiritual Leaders of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (GNNSJ).

Sant Baba Avtar Singh Ji is the current Jathedar of the Bidhi Chand Dal and is said to be a direct descendant of Baba Bidhi Chand Ji.

Since childhood Baba Ji has spent their entire life at Gurdwara Karamsar, originally under the guidance of Sant Kishan Singh Ji.

On the 29th January 2022, Dr Davinder Singh Ji was unanimously selected as the next President of the Baru Sahib Trust.

Hardeep Singh Puri is an Indian politician and retired diplomat of Indian Foreign Service who is serving as 33rd Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas since 2021

Harjit Singh is the current Minister of Emergency Preparedness and a Member of Parliament representing the riding of Vancouver South.

Ruby Kaur Sahota is a Canadian lawyer and politician. A member of the Liberal Party and currently the Minister of Democratic Institutions.

Kamal Kaur Khera PC MP is a Canadian politician who is the minister of Diversity & Inclusions.

Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM is a former Deputy Chief of the Indian Army. In 2021 he was appointed as the Governor of Uttarakhand.

USA

Indermit Singh Gill is Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics.

Mr Kuldip Singh Dhingra is an industrialist. He is Managing Director at Spectro Analytical Labs Pvt. Ltd and the Chairman of Berger Paints Group.

Gurbachan Singh Dhingra is an Indian entrepreneur, promoter and vice chairman of Berger Paints. Gurbachan Singh is among the 100 Richest Indian and Forbes global billionaires.

Analjit Singh is the Founder & Chairman of Max India Limited, Chairman of Max New York Life Insurance Company Limited, Max Healthcare Institute Limited and Max BUPA Health Insurance.

Bob Singh, born 1965, is President and Chief Executive of Mainstreet Equity Corp. After graduating, he completed his MBA at Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario.

UK

Simon Arora built B&M into a retail empire of 1,100 shops in the UK and France. It is listed on the FTSE 100 with a market value of more than £5bn.

USA

Jagdeep Singh joined the QuantumScape Board in May 2010. He co-founded QuantumScape and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since its incorporation in May 2010.

Harindarpal Singh Banga known as Harry, is an Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the Founder, Chairman & CEO of The Caravel Group Limited.

UK

Jasminder Singh is Chairman and CEO of The Edwardian Group Limited (the parent company of Radisson Edwardian Hotels).

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Tony is the Chairman and Founder of the Integrity International Group. He is a Lord’s Taverners Trustee and the Chairman of the London City Region.

Onkar Singh Kanwar is a Science and Administration graduate from the University of California. In 2002 he took control as the Chairman of Apollo Tyres Ltd, founded by his father in 1976.

The Thakral Group was founded in 1905 by Kartar Singhs father, Mr Sohan Singh. The Groups beginnings were in Bangkoks textile trade, operating as Punjab Store

Popularly known as Robbie Singh, he has over 16 years of global investment banking experience in Australia, New Zealand, North America, Europe and Asia.

USA

Harmeet Kaur Dhillon is a lawyer and Republican Party official serving as the United States assistant attorney general for the civil rights division since 2025.

Mr N P Singh has been Chief Executive Officer of Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd., since January 3, 2014. Mr. Singh serves as Chief Operating Officer of Sony Entertainment Television since December 2004.

UAE

Kuljit Singh has been appointed President of Boeing Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META), excluding the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Jaspal Singh is a global financial services industry executive with a consistent track record of driving profitable growth and increasing brand and shareholder value.

USA

Jay Singh is Chairman and CEO of Customers Bancorp, Inc. and Customers Bank with headquarters in Wyomissing. Today it is a proforma $5 billion asset high-performing bank.

UK

Rabinder Singh is a High Court Judge who grew up in a working-class part of Bristol and attended Bristol Grammar School.

Sukhbir Singh is currently the youngest President of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) political party and serves as Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab.

Arminder Singh, born March 1942, is the President of Punjab PCC and served as the Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007.

Diljit Dosanjh is a Punjabi actor, singer, television presenter and social media celebrity who works in Punjabi and Hindi cinema.

UK

Amrik Singh came to the UK 1976 at very young age. He owns many commercial properties and farms in and around Birmingham.

USA

Jus broadcasting is media syndicated, with many platforms, three television channels and a radio station. It is based in New York and broadcast throughout North America.

Jagjit Singh is a journalist and an educationist from Punjab. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Punjabi daily newspaper Chardikala, that was started in 1977.

Barjinder Singh Hamdard is the managing editor of the Punjabi newspaper Daily Ajit and he is also an ex-parliamentarian of India’s upper house, Rajya Sabha.

USA

Sabrina Singh is an American administrator who has served as the Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary in the Department of Defense since April 2022.

UK

The Hon. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, is the first Asian female judge of the King’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.

The elected members of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) representing all four provinces of the country.

Harmeet Singh Kalka is the president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC).

USA

Darshan Singh is the largest petrol retailer in USA. With more than 1,000 petrol stations across 11 states in the US and an annual turnover of $2 billion.

The Rai Group known as RaiPly is Kenya’s largest agro-forestry concern. It has spread its plywood wings to Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi – where it’s the biggest wood processor

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Sukhpal Singh left Uganda and moved to England at 13. He worked on market stalls in Liverpool Street and Petticoat Lane and at 18 had an opportunity to buy a car parts shop for £5,000 in Willesden.

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Harpal Singh studied chemical engineering at Cambridge and attained an MBA at Harvard. He worked in scientific research and management consultancy.

Karan Bajwa is Managing Director of Google Cloud in India. Before Google, he had been serving with IBM as MD for India, and prior to that, he was with Microsoft for over eight years.

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Dr Kartar Singh Lalvani founded Britains fastest growing nutraceutical company Vitabiotics in 1971. It’s a family business and has twice won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise.

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is an American attorney and prosecutor who is the Director of the Division of Enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Mr Inder Pal Singh Sethi is the Director General of the National Informatics Centre (NIC).

MPP Jagmeet Singh was elected in the riding of Bramalea-Gore-Malton in the 2011 provincial election.

USA

Manka Dhingra is Deputy Majority Leader of the Washington State Senate. She has two decades of experience as a prosecutor and as a behavioural health expert.

Jaspal Singh has been serving as director of the board for almost 30 years since he was first appointed in 16th April, 1993.

Vikramjit Singh is a well known entrepreneur, educationist and social worker of Delhi who has been conferred with the honour of Padma Shri and the International Peace Award.

With an experience of over 30 years, Mr. Chadha is responsible for the Group’s strategic decision making along with corporate finance activities.

USA

Sant Singh is the president and CEO of Hampshire Hotels & Resorts and has hotels in the USA, UK and Thailand with over 2,500 rooms in Manhattan.

Honourable Baljit Singh Chadha is a Canadian businessman based in Montreal, Quebec, who is the president and founder of Balcorp Limited which he started in 1976.

UAE

Mr Jagjit Singh Kochar is the Director of Al Mehtab Group, which is headquartered in Dubai.

USA

Karnail Singh Sandhu is CEO of the Crown Nut Co. an almond processor based in Tracy, California. They have been proudly growing California almonds since 1994.

For over 90 years, The Chatthe Group are well known throughout Africa for sugar milling in Kenya. The group consists of Kibos Sugar and Allied Industries.

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Mrs Jasbir Bassi is an entrepreneur who has been successfully driving her venture Car Fare Dubai for over 25 years.

Rupinder Singh “Gippy” Grewal is an Indian actor, singer, film director and producer whose works span over the Punjabi and Hindi film industry.

USA

Dr Bibi Ji Inderjit Kaur Khalsa (Bhai Sahiba) was born on January 22, 1935 in Wazirabad. Bibi ji’s mother traces her lineage directly to Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

UK

Ravinder Singh was born in Singapore and is the founder of Khalsa Aid. Established in 1999, Khalsa Aid is an international non-profit and relief agency founded on Sikh principles.

Harvinder Singh Phoolka is a senior advocate of Delhi High Court, Human Rights activist, and an author. After completing his law degree in Chandigarh, Phoolka practiced law in Delhi.

Dr. Rupinder Singh Sodhi is the President of the Indian Dairy Association. Formerly, he was the Managing Director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Ltd., (AMUL)

USA

Aman Bhutani is an influencer and the Chief Executive Officer at GoDaddy Inc.

UAE

Surender Singh is youngest President of the Automobile Association of Andhra Pradesh and youngest Captain of the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai.

USA

Savneet Singh is CEO of Par Technology Corporation. He is also a partner of Coventure a multi asset manager with funds in venture capital.

USA

Rick Singh is the Chief Growth Officer for Fiserv, he overseas enterprise strategy, mergers and acquisitions. 

Peter Dhillon is President of The Richberry Group and also serves as Chairman on the Ocean Spray Board of Directors.

USA

Amarpreet Singh Sawhney is the CEO of Insylla Inc, he is also CEO of Pramand and Rejoni Inc.

USA

Jaswinder Singh Chadha is CEO of Axtria, a Cloud Software and Data Analytics company based in New Jersey.

Dr Gunveena Kaur Chadha is Deputy Secretary General at FICCI. She brings with her over 30 years of experience in Industry, International Organisations and government associations.

Gurpreet Singh Waraich is commonly known as Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi is Indian actor, comedian and politician.

Manjit Singh is Chairman of Santokh Singh Foundation. He was previously President of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC).

USA

Mr Tejinder Singh Bindra is President of the Jeestish Group and the founder of the Sikh Film Festival

Dr Inderjit Kaur was born on 25th January 1942, she studied medicine and acquired an M.B.B.S. degree from Govt. Medical College, Patiala in 1967.

R B Singh as a seasoned Banker who has, for last 25 years, consecutively been Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in several banks within Kenya.

With the blessings of Sri Guru Ramdass Ji Swinderpal Singh has been participating in Sewa at Sachkand Sri Harmandar Sahib Ji, for over 20 years.

Nav Bhatia spends more than $300,000 a year on Raptors’ tickets. Each year Navdeep celebrates Vaisakhi and Diwali on the court purchasing thousands of tickets for children.

USA

As a Sikh Coalition co-founder and current Executive Board Chairman responsible for providing leadership support to the organisation.

USA

Dr. Rajwant Singh was born in Calcutta, India, in 1961. He immigrated to the United States in 1979 and settled in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

UK

Gurinder Chadha is a Sikh film director, born in Nairobi Kenya in 1960 and moved to West London at the age of 2.

UAE

Surinder Pal Singh Oberoi, 57, is a Dubai-based businessman from a small town in Punjab. He came to Dubai in 1980 as a mechanic, returned to India after a year to launch a family business.

Manjit Minhas is best known across Canada as a star of CBC’s, Dragons’ Den. She joined the hit series 10 years ago after establishing herself as the formidable entrepreneur.

Gurmeet Kaur Sangha Rai is a renowned Conservation Architect and heritage management expert, she has led major projects for UNESCO, ADB and the World Bank.

Lilly Singh is a Canadian YouTuber. She originally appeared under the pseudonym Superwoman. Forbes named her one of the 40 most powerful people in comedy in 2019.

Ramneek Singh, known as Ramneek Singh 1313, is a popular Indian YouTube personality and social media influencer.

Harjinder Singh is a restaurateur, family travel content creator, social activist and media influencer.

Andy Dhugga is a Canadian entrepreneur who in 1999  formed the Millennium Tire Company in Toronto.

Tarlochan Singh is an Indian politician and a Member of the Parliament of India, representing Haryana.

Parvinder Singh, a Police officer, served as 30th Police Commissioner in Mumbai and as Director General of Police and Managing Director of Maharashtra State Welfare and Housing.

Dr Joginder Singh Bedi is an Indian entrepreneur, digital marketer and influencer. He is  the first Indian to achieve a Doctorate Degree in Digital Marketing.

UK

Raminder Singh Ranger MBE, FRSA is a successful businessman, honoured five times by Her Majesty the Queen, four times for Business and once for services to the British Asian Community.

At a very early age Gurinder Singh joined his father’s business, which involved taking projects for the Government. Today the Bawa Group of Companies has spread into various sectors.