Bollywood Celebs Who Own Successful Businesses - All The Money and What Not!

Acting, in itself is a massive talent and if you have an established career in it, it will keep you on your toes all the time. Nevertheless, some of the actors have managed time to venture out in various projects that caught their fancy and added to their bank account. Here are a few of such actors who have established successful business to multiply their fortune.

Mithun Chakraborty was hugely successful as an actor around the 80s. The peerless dancer didn’t have much of a need to venture out in other fields, but the idea of owning a Hotel chain nestled in his head, since then there was no stopping dada. He has made millions of cash through his profitable Monarch Group of Hotels running successfully in Ooty and Masinagudi.

Twinkle Khanna must have inherited her skill of interior decoration from mother Dimple Kapadia who also had an artistic side that sculpted candles. The elder daughter of Rajesh Khanna had a minor gig in Bollywood that followed marriage to Akshay Kumar. But Twinkle didn’t allow herself to be a stay at home glamourous wife and explored a new career for herself. Today, the star wife and mother of two, co-owns a well-established interior decoration studio The White Window, and has decorated some of the industry’s most prestigious homes.

For Shah Rukh Khan being the King of Bollywood was just not enough, he aimed at so much more. His IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders and his production house Red Chillies entertainment are manifestations of the business man in him.

Abhishek Bachchan needs to be thanked for bringing the age old sport of Kabaddi to limelight. He bought the Pro Kabaddi League franchise team Jaipur Pink Panthers in 2014, the same year Bachchan’s Pink Panthers won the championship. His football team Chennaiyin FC, bought by the actor in the same year, went on to champion the Indian Super League in 2015.

Sunil Shetty has a special business sense that outdoes every other actor. Keeping this knowledge limited to one direction didn’t suit the actor. So he owns a chain of gyms around the country. He also has a couple of boutiques in Mumbai and a restaurant chain to his name.

Shilpa might be a famous name today, thanks to her stint in Big Brother, the actress however never saw a huge career in Bollywood to begin with. On the other hand she has quite a dominance as a business woman – he owns a perfume brand S2 and has a fitness DVD to her credit. She also partners the IOSIS spa chain in Mumbai. Married to business tycoon Raj Kundra, she owns the IPL team Rajasthan Royals too. Now that’s an investment.

Since playing Mr. Bajaj is Ekta Kapoor’s Kasautii Zindagi Key, Ronit Roy has grown to become the Big B of small screen. But success was not always on his side. After failing in his Bollywood career during the early ninties, the actor started a company that provided Security Service to the elites. Today his clientele includes the likes of Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan

Hiten Tejwani rose playing Karan in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, but the actor is not a stranger to the ups and downs lurking throughout an actor’s career. Himself not being from a business family, Hiten always wanted to venture in the field of entrepreneurship to provide stability and financial security to his family. He runs a popular restaurant named Barcode O53 in Lokhandwala (Andheri).