Cofounder of the $7.2 billion (revenue) Samvardhana Motherson Group got boost as profits at auto-components flagship Motherson Sumi Systems rose 38% in the year ended March 2016, giving a fillip to its shares. Japanese partner Sumitomo owns more than a fourth of Motherson Sumi, which has 145 factories in 25 countries and gets 85% of its $5.7 billion revenue from overseas. He started the group in 1975 as a trading outfit along with his mother, hence the name Motherson.