Forbes India Magazine - November 8, 2019
In this issue
The cover story in this issue is on South African conglomerate Naspers which recently spun off its international internet assets—including Tencent—into a new entity called Prosus. It got listed in Amsterdam with a market value of over $100 billion. The article shows how Naspers’s India investments such as Byju’s and Swiggy tie-in with its global portfolio. In the past five years, it has pumped in $4 billion into India. The ambition is to be the last person standing. That apart, there is the Forbes 400 package of the richest Americans, with Jeff Bezos at pole position and Warren Buffett at No 3.
Long-Haul Rider
How a single $32 million bet transformed Naspers from a traditional newspaper business in South Africa, and how the India portfolio ties in with its global tech investments
10+ mins
High Flyer
Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao has made history by starting and running her own major commercial airline
5 mins
Utterly Butterly Digital
Amul, a brand almost as old as the nation itself, is gearing up for a phase of growth that includes many of today’s tools of disruption, including apps and ecommerce. The biggest assets, though, continue to be its dairy farmers
8 mins
A Cooperative Time-Bomb
In Ahmednagar in Maharashtra, the heartland of the sugar movement, political whims and natural calamities have created a precarious credit situation
6 mins
Forbes India Magazine Description:
Publisher: Digital18
Category: Business
Language: English
Frequency: Fortnightly
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