Paints tycoon Ashwin Dani is a nonexecutive director of $3 billion (revenue) Asian Paints, founded by his father and three others in 1942. Dani joined the company, now among Asia's biggest paint companies, in 1968. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Asian Paints introduced hand sanitizers and surface disinfectants. His son Malav sits on the company's board.