Editing Subrata Roy (section)

{{Short description|Indian businessman (1948–2023)}}
{{About|the businessman|the scientist|Subrata Roy (scientist)|the lawyer|Subrata Roy Chowdhury}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Subrata Roy
| image         = File:Subroto Roy at Esha Deol's wedding reception 02 (cropped).jpg
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| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1948|06|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place   = [[Araria district|Araria]], Bihar, India
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2023|11|14|1948|06|10|df=yes}}
| death_place   = [[Mumbai]], Maharashtra, India
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| nationality   = 
| education     = Mechanical engineering
| alma_mater    =Government Technical Institute, Gorakhpur
| occupation    = Founder and chairman of [[Sahara India Pariwar]]
| years_active  = 1978–2023
| spouse        = <!-- Swapna Roy -->
| partner       = 
| children      = <!-- 2 -->
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}}

'''Subrata Roy''' (10 June 1948 – 14 November 2023) was an Indian businessman who founded the business conglomerate [[Sahara India Pariwar]] in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 November 2023 |title=Subrata Roy passes away: Bollywood celebs pay tribute to Saharashri, remember his film connect |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/subrata-roy-passes-away-bollywood-celebs-pay-tribute-to-saharashri-remember-his-film-connect-9027535/ |access-date=17 November 2023 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

Sahara India Pariwar operated a vast number of businesses, such as [[Aamby Valley City]], [[Sahara Movie Studios]], [[Air Sahara]], [[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]], and [[Filmy]], among others.

Roy was named the tenth-most influential Indian businessman in 2012 by ''[[India Today]]''. In 2004, the Sahara group was termed by [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] as "the second largest employer in India after [[Indian Railways]]". Sahara operates through more than 5,000 establishments across India<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tamal |first=Bandyopadhyay |url=https://www.amazon.com/Sahara-Untold-Story-Tamal-Bandyopadhyay-ebook/dp/B00KS46HQO |title=Sahara: The Untold Story |date=June 2014 |publisher=Jaico Publishers |edition=1 |location=Delhi, India |access-date=11 February 2015 |archive-date=11 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211153744/http://www.amazon.com/Sahara-Untold-Story-Tamal-Bandyopadhyay-ebook/dp/B00KS46HQO |url-status=live }}</ref> and has a workforce of around 1.2 million (field and office) under the Sahara India umbrella.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=21 October 2017 |title=Sahara's Subrata Roy is planning a comeback and high on his priority is online education |url=http://www.firstpost.com/business/saharas-subrata-roy-is-planning-a-comeback-and-high-on-his-priority-is-online-education-4161227.html |access-date=9 July 2018 |work=[[Firstpost]] |archive-date=6 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106064428/http://www.firstpost.com/business/saharas-subrata-roy-is-planning-a-comeback-and-high-on-his-priority-is-online-education-4161227.html |url-status=live }}</ref>