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Still very relevant and on top of the latest level again. Today, he is the world’s richest
happenings, he is a constant source of banker and warns of soaring inflation
encouragement to his staff, he makes sure ahead, along with soaring temperature
that no stone is left unturned and every levels due to climate change!
detail accounted for whilst reporting.
Although he says his exacting standards 13. Mahendra Mohan Gupta, 80, Media
were sometimes begrudged by his staff, Baron
the staff recognised that “the end-result Gupta is the Editorial
was a good product” and even came up Director of Dainik
with a friendly nickname for the editing Jagran, a daily
process— “Purification”—after him. In an newspaper read
interview with Harvard Business School he by over 5.5 crore
said: “I always looked at the magazine from people, and given its
the reader’s point of view, always asking, dominance in the all-
“Can I understand what this article is important state of Uttar Pradesh, Gupta
saying?” A lot of journalists write for other and his family have enormous influence.
journalists, or they write for politicians. Jagran Prakashan has 12 print
But the common man needs context, publications over five languages spanning
needs explanation, needs history, and 15 states. It also has a presence in FM radio,
background. I brought that into it.” and owns Mid-Day in English and Gujarati.
Readership of the group’s 10 print titles
12. Uday Kotak, 64, Banker is 84.1 million-plus (IRS 2019 Q4). With its
Kotak declined his 15 digital portals in 10 languages, it has a
prosperous family presence all over the world.
trading business
and started a finance 14. Anil Agrawal, 67, Industrialist
firm in 1985. He then The Founder and
went on to convert it Chairman of Vedanta
into Kotak Mahindra Resources Limited,
Bank – now among India’s top banks in Agrawal has grown
the private sector. He is the go-to person his company into the
from the banking and finance sectors for largest metal mining
governments – at the Centre and various company in India.
states. In recent times, Vedanta has grown
“Geography is history in the post-covid steadily but not forgetting to pledge
world,” Kotak has said, stressing the need support towards India’s carbon neutrality
to expand the Indian payments system goals. This is a small example of what
globally. 2021 made sure that the bank was makes Anil Agrawal a huge star in his
on top of the digital curve largely at the field.
behest of his leadership. The Vedanta Foundation that supports
Few know that he dreamt of becoming a philanthropic programmes and activities
professional cricketer till an unfortunate is his personal initiative to give back to
accident forced him never to play at that the community. From building hospitals,
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