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Forbes India
How To Beat Wall Street And Silicon Valley Simultaneously
The American Dream is alive and well on Wall Street thanks to Robert Smith, the richest black person in America, who has figured out a way to re-engineer both private equity and enterprise software— and used this secret playbook to build a $4.4 billion fortune.
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April 27, 2018
Forbes India
The Artisanal Industrialist
Francis Holder built a billion-dollar bread-and-pastry empire by mixing American mechanical production with traditional French techniques. Now the Henry Ford of baking is savouring his greatest success—selling millions of macarons to the classes on Madison Avenue and the masses at McDonald’s
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April 27, 2018
Forbes India
Professor, Entrepreneur, Leader
The founder chairman of Indian pharma giant Lupin also helped lay the foundation for the country’s global clout in the sector
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July 21, 2017
Forbes India
Goenka's Bold Strokes
Over seven years, Sanjiv Goenka has remade his group by shedding an obstinate old guard and focusing on bottomlines. Now, with a demerger imminent at CESC, the value of the flagship power business—and the newer ones—are waiting to be unlocked
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July 21, 2017
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The Next Frontier
Baidu veers from its core business to gamble on artificial intelligence
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July 21, 2017
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Smart Cities: Proceed With Caution
We need to be careful about accepting public-private partnerships and technology as the panacea for all ills.
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April 14, 2017
Forbes India
Fresh Red Zomatoes!
How food tech major Zomato is making an audacious bid to transform itself into a farm-to-fork company.
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November 23, 2018
Forbes India
Investing In Top Talent In India Is Not Cheap
OnePlus founder and CEO Pete Lau on recruiting bright prospects for its R&D centre in the country that is expected to be the smartphone maker’s largest.
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January 4, 2019
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The Very Very Special Playbook
The life mantras that helped VVS Laxman, one of India’s most elegant batsmen, navigate international cricket are applicable well beyond the field.
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January 4, 2019
Forbes India
The Accidental Caviar King
The most coveted fish eggs in the world aren’t produced in Russia. They’re made in China—by Bill Holst, a Wisconsin scrapyard operator.
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January 4, 2019
Forbes India
The Social Network
Social Alpha, founded by Tata Trusts, is attempting to redefine philanthropy by creating an ecosystem to help entrepreneurs find funding and markets.
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January 4, 2019
Forbes India
Age Is Just A Number
Teenagers crowdfunding for social causes or innovations are taking people closer to everyday philanthropy, one digital campaign at a time.
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January 4, 2019
Forbes India
Generation Impact
An emerging generation of donors, driven by strategy and impact, is altering the nature of philanthropy.
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January 4, 2019
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Leading The Way
A survey of 40 donors across Asia-Pacific who are putting their wealth to good works.
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January 4, 2019
Forbes India
Tightening The Purse Strings
Why Ratan Tata’s $300-million fund with University of California, a prolific series B and C investor in some of India’s most high-profile startups till recently, has stopped for a breather.
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January 4, 2019
Forbes India
Worldwide Pandeymonium
Piyush Pandey’s elevation as global chief creative officer of Ogilvy—a first for an Indian—underlines how the celebrated adman transformed the iconic ad agency from multinational to multicultural.
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January 4, 2019
Forbes India
The Ultimate Road Trip
A Bengaluru couple gave up their homes and jobs to spend their lives living in villages with tribes, to find solutions to their everyday problems.
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January 4, 2019
Forbes India
Small, Medium, XL
How Power2SME leveraged the power of small and medium enterprises by growing seven-fold in four years and is within striking distance of ₹1,000 crore in revenue. The next target: 5,000 crore by 2021
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December 7, 2018
Forbes India
Making Size Count
Fortified by sound asset-liability management and a rapidly expanding diversified portfolio, Rajeev Jain is now pushing for leadership in all segments Bajaj Finance lends to
8 min |
December 7, 2018
Forbes India
Nurturing Hearts
Narayana Health focuses on providing affordable medical care to the poor while keeping its operating costs under control
8 min |
December 7, 2018
Forbes India
Pizza Unchained
The success of Domino’s, Papa John’s and the rest of Big Pizza has devastated mom-and-pop pie shops. Now Slice is helping the little guys unite, get online—and fight back.
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May 25, 2018
Forbes India
Nita Ambani- Meet The First Lady Of Indian Business
Nita Ambani’s role as the first lady of Indian business is just one part of her busy life
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May 13, 2016
Forbes India
Enter The Dragon
A dual brand strategy, coupled with an online-first approach and focus on 4G, has helped lenovo offset its troubles at home and emerge as the largest chinese smartphone vendor in India.
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November 11, 2016
Forbes India
What The Doctor Ordered
Shashank ND has an ambitious vision for his 8-year-old venture Practo: Of becoming the provider of critical information symmetry in the underserved Indian health care sector
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July 8, 2016
Forbes India
Google Is About To Change Everything Again
New CEO Sundar Pichai is a brainy product guy who aims to reinvent the world’s second-most valuable company and pretty much every digital experience with a heavy dose of Artificial Intelligence
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July 22, 2016
Forbes India
Hold On, My Wallet's In My Phone
Powered by technologies that harness big data, fintech companies are positioning themselves as viable lenders and payment solutions providers with mobile wallets and insta-loans. Not surprisingly, this is compelling traditional banks to evolve too.
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July 22, 2016
Forbes India
A Different Reality
FORTUNES SOAR DESPITE ECONOMIC HICCUPS
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December 29, 2017
Forbes India
Mind On, Hands Off
IT’S BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE HARSH MARIWALA ENGINEERED A SEAMLESS TRANSFER OF EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO PROFESSIONALS AT FMCG GIANT MARICO. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE INQUISITIVE ENTREPRENEUR IS FAR FROM HANGING UP HIS BOOTS
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December 29, 2017
Forbes India
Mr Congeniality
HIS NATURAL AFFABILITY HAS HELPED NANDAN NILEKANI BRIDGE MANY DIVIDES. PERHAPS HIS GREATEST TEST LIES IN HIS LATEST ROLE, AS THE NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF INFOSYS, THE FIRM HE CO-FOUNDED
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December 29, 2017
Forbes India
Wired Into The Future
BY CONSTANTLY MEETING TARGETS, LAKSH VAAMAN SEHGAL HAS PROVED HIS METTLE. NOW, AS HEAD OF MOTHERSON INNOVATIONS, HE IS USING THE LEARNINGS FROM HIS BILLIONAIRE FATHER TO TAKE THE GROUP FORWARD
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