New Delhi, April 23 -- Pirojsha Godrej doesn't flinch at big numbers. He took Godrej Properties Ltd. from Rs.40 crore in sales to Rs.34,000 crore. Now, at 45, he's setting his sights on something far more audacious-tripling the entire Godrej Industries Group to a Rs.5 trillion market cap in five years.

Pirojsha plans to list Godrej Capital and Godrej Chemicals, double market share in real estate, revive FMCG on the back of GST tailwinds, and build a full-service financial empire. And launch film studios in Mumbai.

What keeps him up at night? Not the businesses, it's the unpredictability from Washington. "With the current occupant of the White House, you have no idea how to plan," he says, with candour.

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