5. KUMAR MANGALAM      BIRLA
40, INDUSTRIALIST
 

Next Big Thing: Acquisition of GE Money’s loan and mortgage business, which he has bid for.

Little Known Fact: Is a crack shot with the rifle. He practises at Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi range.



Quality Time Is Spent With: His children, the three As, Aryaman Advaitesha Ananyashree.

Ambition: To make it to Fortune 150 by 2012.

Working Style: Six days a week, nine to nine. Last year, there was no vacation.

 
THE SILENT SUCCESS

Because he is the Birla who matters most. Because he has taken his group’s revenues from $13 billion to over $25 billion and the market capitalisation from $13 billion to $32 billion in a year. Because he has quietly expanded his business into new areas, from retail to BPO.

Because he has listed and made Idea work, acquiring 20 million subscribers. Because he has set up 230 supermarkets in a year, taking his total retail presence to 400 stops across India. Because his Hindalco Novelis—the largest aluminium rolling company—is on the Fortune 500 list. Because his group is the largest producer of viscose staple fibre.

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