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schools, women’s empowerment and more, goals you missed,” says one of Goenka’s
Agrawal has used his powerful influence to well-articulated Twitter posts. Another one
serve the greater good of the country. shares tips towards happiness, focused on
cheering up people during the lockdown.
15. Harsh Mariwala, 68, Industrialist He is much more than the Chairman of
Marico Limited is a RPG Group, and beyond just being among
leading consumer the 100 richest Indians. Though RPG
goods company that spans across infrastructure, IT for business
focuses on health, process outsourcing, pharma, agricultural
beauty and wellness business, tyres and venture capital – that
spaces spanning over invests in innovative start-ups in health,
25 countries. Mariwala wellness, infrastructure, automotive,
also founded a Marico Innovation infrastructure, and project management, he
Foundation that focuses on supporting has what it takes to stay on top of his game.
sustainable businesses, and Kaya Clinic, Goenka inspires and invigorates through
that operates across Asia and Middle East. his tweets and his growing following
Constant innovation in thinking and indicates people absorb his good vibe, for
unique solutions are Mariwala’s surefire instance: “What will matter is not what you
bullets in his game-plan. bought but what you built, not what you
But it hasn’t been a bed of roses. Mariwala got but what you gave, not what you learnt
didn’t get into a big business school. Nor but what you taught, not your success but
did he have a desk at work when he started. your significance, not your talent but your
He hovered around every department to character. Choose to live a life that matters.”
understand things. He travelled across the Perhaps, that’s exactly what he does!
country to know the customer. He read
every management book possible. “Your 17. Anand Mahindra, 66, Industrialist
degree is not your education.” he says, and Upholding values
continues, “Entrepreneurs lay so much and knowing that
emphasis on having this one grand vision reputation is as
for their ventures. I’ve always believed important as profits
otherwise. With time, I’ve evolved my for success is Anand
vision. This has always enabled us to Mahindra’s mantra.
explore newer opportunities.” Part of the group of
Mariwala-isms are best consumed off his influential voices in India who have taken
much-followed Twitter handle. up microblogging (Twitter essentially) as
their compelling tool to communicate, he
16. Harsh Goenka, 65, Industrialist too has a large number of fans whom he
“Being a good person is inspires.
very difficult – it’s like It’s not so much that he is the Chairman
being a goalkeeper. No of Mahindra Group that spans aerospace,
matter how many goals agribusiness, automotive, IT, finance
you saved, you will be and insurance, infrastructure, industrial
remembered for the equipment, retail, and hospitality or
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