Vivek Oberoi answers if his net worth is really Rs 1200 cr, says he has ‘enough money to take care of many generations’

Is Vivek Oberoi's net worth Rs 1200 crore? The actor, who will soon be seen in Masti 4, answers if there is any truth to that.

Vivek Oberoi opened up about his Rs 1200 crore net worth in a recent interview. (Photo: Vivek Oberoi/Instagram)

Vivek Oberoi might not be a superstar in the movies, but he surely is one of the most successful actor-entrepreneurs. The actor, who will soon be seen in Masti 4, is known to have net worth of Rs 1200 crore and in a recent interview, he shared if there is any truth to that. He also spoke about earning his first Rs 1 crore when he was still a teenager and said that he had a knack for raising funds and setting up businesses from that age.

In a chat with Pinkvilla, Vivek shared that he made his first Rs 1 crore when he was just 16-17 and while this was his first big earning, he had been financially independent since the age of 15. Talking about his first Rs 1 crore, he recalled, “It was from trading, and I knew how to save. It wasn’t cash but in stock value.” He also shared that theirs was a family that owned mansions and palaces before the partition and had to leave everything across the border, which caused them to start from scratch again. And for Vivek, this was a lesson that he had to earn his own wealth.

Vivek said that during his college years, he was starting to understand the stock market and how a business actually works and thus, he set up his first business at 19, where he actually raised Rs 12 crore. Here, his own contribution to the pot was only Rs 20-25 lakh. “At 19, I raised Rs 12 crore and my own contribution to that was just Rs 20-25 lakh. But everyone made profit because I always thought of investors first. After that I made my FinTech company, EdTech company, roadside safety assistance company, lab grown diamond jewellery company, infrastructure consultancy firm, and all these are doing well,” he said as he added that he works roughly 16 hours a day. Vivek shared that when he is working on a film, he tries to give all of his off days to his business, and puts in hours after the shoot.

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Vivek moved to Dubai a few years ago with his family and the actor said that it was after his move that he realised the contribution from the NRIs towards India. “NRIs contribute 136 billion dollars a year. The trade reserve that India has, half of that is made up by the money that NRIs contribute,” he claimed and added that in the last decade or so, he has raised almost 40 million dollars from the US and the UK for charitable work in India.

Vivek also answered questions about his net worth, which is often circulated online as Rs 1200 crore. To this, the actor said, “How does it matter? At the end of the day, you have the car and house you like, you buy them, then what else? God has given me enough that many generations of mine can be taken care of.”

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