Author: Vir SanghviPublisher: Roli BooksYear: 2010Language: EnglishPages: 109ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788174366139
Description
These are in-depth profiles of India’s biggest business barons. These are the men who are powering the new India’s leap into the 21st Century; the faces behind the great Indian success story.You’ll find them all here. The traditional big names of Indian industry: Ratan Tata and Kumar Mangalam Birla. The new gurus of information technology: Nandan Nilekani and Azim Premji. The wizards of the sunrise entertainment and tetephony sector: Sunil Bharati Mittal, Subhash Chandra and Rajeev Chandrasekhar … And many moreEssential to the depth of these profiles is that all of the subjects sat down for hours to tell Vir Sanghvi about their hopes, their dreams and their heartbreaks. These are profiles based on fresh information, direct from the mouths of the men of steel themselves.Nobody who wants to understand the contours of the Indian success story can afford not to read his book. It is a highly readable insight into the new India.
Contents
IntroductionThe World is FlatNandan NilekaniGennext IconKumar Mangalam BirlaThe Slim-sim SagaSunil Bharti MittalFighting a Good FightRajeev ChandrashekharThere’s More to LifeAzim PremjiWinning India’s Television TrickSubhash ChandraRaising the Luxury BarBikki OberoiOf Friends and FoesNusli Wadia Man of SubstanceUday Kotak Fishing for More Business: The Kingfisher WayVijay MallyaIt’s Lonely at the TopRatan Tata
