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If you’ve ever been to a Big Bazaar, Pantaloons or Central then you have Kishore Biyani to thank for it. He’s the guy behind India’s first wave of retailing. I bought the book for Rs. 99 at Big Bazaar (go figure) and thought I might gain some insight into his empire. Unfortunately that [...]

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Yeah, another cover story from BusinessWeek. The last few months BusinessWeek has had some very interesting topics. Although the Mittal’s are from India, it’s one area where Arcelor Mittal doesn’t have much of a presence. That could be attributed to the fact that his brothers (Pramod and Vinod) are based in India and [...]

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No, i’m not talking about the Ku Klux Klan (aka jackasses) but Kothari, Kotak and Kampani. Over the past 18 months they each have sold their joint venture stakes.
- Dec 2005, Hemendra Kothari sold out to Merrill Lynch for USD 500 million
- March 2006, Uday Kotak sold out to Goldman Sachs for USD 74 [...]

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Forbes has come out with its list of the 40 richest Indians. It has the usual suspects: Laxmi Mittal, Ambani’s, Azim Premji, etc… However, the list just seems to be thrown together with no clear methodology. It appears they picked the names most thrown around in the media, checked to see if they were [...]

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This was in the paper a couple days ago listing the top 10 Richest Indians based on their Indian stockholdings as of Dec 31, 2005. This list is not comprehensive as most of India’s wealth is still hidden (locally known as “black money”) and very difficult to track. It makes the books of Enron, WorldCom, [...]

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