New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- A well-known Hindi proverb-honhar birwan ke hote chikne paat-suggests that the signs of future success are visible early. It sums up the early years of Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- The consumption headroom in India is vast, while penetration is low. Tap into this gap and growth will follow. That's the parting thesis of Vineet Agrawal, who is retiring as CEO... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- On 29 July 2019, V.G. Siddhartha, founder of the Cafe Coffee Day chain and sundry other businesses, jumped off a bridge into the swirling waters of the Netravati River in Mangalu... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- Verghese Kurien could have been a top-notch corporate honcho or even a successful business tycoon. He had both the education qualifications and the business chops to achieve eith... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- Company Outsider is a weekly newsletter by Sundeep Khanna. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your email inbox. For two decades, Tata Consultancy Services (... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- Rajat Gupta was convicted of securities fraud and sentenced to two years in federal prison in the US. Following his four-week trial under the harsh glare of the arclights, judge ... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Company Outsider is a weekly newsletter by Sundeep Khanna. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your email inbox. A toothless regulator and a dominant player ... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- Through the 1960s, every evening at 9pm, in one of the seamier pockets of Mumbai, a man in a crisp white kurta would shuffle a fresh deck of cards. With theatrical precision, he w... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- Company Outsider is a weekly newsletter by Sundeep Khanna. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your email inbox. "The attempt and not the deed confounds us," ... Read More
New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- At 94, Jaiprakash Gaur should have been sitting atop the hill of Indian enterprise, having built a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate from scratch. Instead, he now watches his em... Read More