Ananya Birla
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About Ananya Birla
Ananya Birla plays the santoor, an instrument she took up at age eleven, long before she founded Ikai Asai, a luxury e-commerce platform, in 2016. The same year, Forbes named her one of Asia's Women to Watch. She is the eldest daughter of industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and Neerja Birla, and a sixth-generation scion of the Birla family from Pilani.
Born on June 17, 1994, in Mumbai, Ananya studied at the American School of Bombay and later earned a bachelor's degree in economics and management from the University of Oxford in 2011. Today she works as a businesswoman and musician, writing and singing in addition to running her company. She stands 5'5" with a slim build and black hair. Ananya is Indian and identifies as straight. She has 3.7 million Instagram followers.
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Profile details
Personal
- Birthplace
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Ethnicity
- Asian
- Sexuality
- Straight
Body
- Hair Color
- Black
- Eye Color
- Brown
- Weight
- 119 lbs (or 54 kg)
- Measurements
- 36–26–34 (B–W–H) · WHR 0.76
- Bra/Cup Size
- 32B show conversions - UK: 32B, EU: 70B, AU: 10B, JP: 70B
- Boobs
- Real/Natural
Extra
- Instagram Followers
- 3.7m (as of June 2026)
Frequently asked
What is Ananya Birla's connection to the Birla family?
She is the eldest daughter of Kumar Mangalam Birla and Neerja Birla, making her a sixth-generation scion of the family, which originates from Pilani.
What entrepreneurial venture did she found?
In 2016, she founded Ikai Asai, a luxury e-commerce platform, and she serves as its CEO.
What early musical training does she have?
Ananya began learning to play the santoor at age eleven, showing an early interest in music that later led to her career as a singer and writer.
Did you know
- Ananya was named one of Forbes' Asia's Women to Watch in the same year she founded Ikai Asai.
- She played the santoor from age eleven, an instrument rarely featured in Western pop music.
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