Early Life and Career
K.P. Singh was born on November 15, 1931 in Bulandshahar, Uttar Pradesh in a landlord Jat family. His father Ch. Mukhtar Singh was a reputed lawyer in Bulandshahr .After graduating in science from Meerut College, Uttar Pradesh, he pursued Aeronautical Engineering in UK and was 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.
He later went on and made DLF India's largest real estate company, which has now become the world's largest real estate company in terms of revenues, earnings, market capitalisation and developable area.
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