India's global wealth club : the stunning rise of its billionaires and the secrets of their success
"India's Global Wealth Club: The Stunning Rise of its Billionaires and the Secrets of their Success is an essential guide to the men and women who are making India a force to be reckoned with. Covering an array of industries they are the members of India's Global Wealth Club - a coterie of billionaires who range from Mumbai-based tycoons like Mukesh Ambani and Adi Godrej, to London steel baron Lakshmi Mittal, mining magnate Anil Agarwal, mentor capitalist Ram Shriram in San Francisco and IT industry pioneers like Bharat Desai, whose family was just one of many to flee the madness of East Africa in the early 1970s in search of a better life."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book,English, 2008
Wiley ; John Wiley [distributor], Hoboken, N.J., Chichester, 2008
Biographies
xiii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780470822388, 0470822384
173718757
Chapter 1: Overview. How can India ever be No. 1 when it has so much going against it? Natural disasters such as earthquakes, the 2004 tsunami, the 2005 Mumbai floods. Terrorist incidents such as the July 2006 Mumbai train bombings. Tensions on the borders with Pakistan, Bangladesh, China and Nepal. Massive poverty, huge shortcomings in infrastructure. Yet all the figures (and some well regarded business identities) suggest India could be poised to begin a sustained period of high economic growth that will allow it to catch and pass China as the Asian giant. How is this being done? What are the factors at work? And what are the seven secrets that might underpin Indian success? For the rest of the world, what are the economic, political, military and social impacts of India as a big power?
Chapter 2: The role of the overseas Indians the NRIs in North America, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the UK. Which are the truly big groups that have made their mark?
Chapter 3: The story of the Global Top 10: LN Mittal, the Ambanis, Azim H. Premji, the Hindujas, KM Birla, Sunil Mittal, KP Singh, Tulsi Tanti, PS Mistry, Anil Agarwal
Chapters 4 13: The Hot Sectors and the Hot Names. How did they do it? Where are they headed? See the following:
Chapter 4: IT Murthy, Nilekani, Raju, Nadar, Pawar, Bhatia, plus all the Indian stars in North America (Khosla, Ram Shriram, Dham etc)
Chapter 5: Automotive Bajaj, Tata, Mahindra, Munjal (Hero Honda), Srinivasan (TVS)
Chapter 6: Pharmaceuticals Reddy, Ranbaxy (Singh), Sun Pharma (Shanghvi), Cipla Pharma (Hamied), Nirma (Patel), plus the UK pharma names: Patel of Waymade, Mehta of Torrent
Chapter 7: Media and Entertainment Chandra (Zee TV), Indu Jain (Beckitt & Coleman) Sahara, Balaji. Anurag Dikshit (PartyGaming in the UK)
Chapter 8: Telecommunications Mittal (Bharti), Modi, Reliance
Chapter 9: Industrial Ambani (Reliance), Agarwal (Sterlite/Vedanta), Wadia (Bombay Dyeing)
Chapter 10: The Men of Steel LN Mittal, Birla, Jindal, Ruia (Essar), Lord Paul in the UK
Chapter 11: Aviation/Travel Sahara, Mallya, Goyal, Tata, Oberoi, Dhamija (eBookers in UK), Thakral in Singapore/Australia, Harilela in HK
Chapter 12: Food/Retail Godrej, Wadia (Britannia), the UK names: Jatania, Singh
Chapter 13: Conglomerates Pallonji Mistry/ACC, Chandaria/Comcraft in Africa/UK, Jumbo group in UAE, Madhvani in Africa/UK, Kewalram Chanrai Group, Singapore
Chapter 14: What does India s future hold? The problems, the challenges, the possibilities. What needs doing?
Second half: The Top 100 list, an explanation of how it was compiled, followed by short (250 word average) profiles of the key business individuals. Each profile covers essential information such as name, date of birth, education, family status, special interests, estimated net worth, and a brief story of the path to success