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Hindustan Unilever A frontrunner in scientific breakthroughs
Limited was and developments; she believes that a
appointed to the nation’s culture is not just embedded in its
Unilever Leadership visual and performing arts but also in its
Executive in May sciences.
2019. That he has
won innumerable 30. Kamal Haasan, 67, Actor
prestigious global awards for leadership An actor,
and excellent corporate governance, are filmmaker,
mere feathers in a cap that wears the philanthropist
responsibility of creating a nimbler and and politician, he
super-efficient HUL. has done a fair bit
And he has achieved it. of work in Hindi
By decentralising decision-making, he has cinema but works
made it easier for Hindustan Unilever to extensively in
operate with the speed and swiftness of his Tamil cinema. He turned his fan club into
smaller rivals. Forbes has rated HUL as the a welfare association – Kamal Narpani
most innovative company in India and the Iyakkam, that runs donation drives
8th most innovative company in the world. for health and education. His welfare
Aon Hewitt in a global study rated HUL as association also publishes a magazine that
the 3rd best company globally for building sheds light on child abuse, drug abuse and
leaders. his views on politics.
A firm believer that ‘doing well’ and
‘doing good’ are two sides of the same coin, 31. Sunil Gavaskar, 72, Cricket
he propagates the cause of compassionate Commentator, Former Cricketer
capitalism. The ‘little master’
is a big influencer
29. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, 68, of the game till
Entrepreneur today, both in India
“It’s not the shoes and worldwide.
but the steps you Widely regarded as
take that make your one of the greatest
destiny,” she says. batsmen of all times
India’s richest and one of the best opening batsmen in Test
self-made woman, cricket history, Gavaskar is one of the most
Kiran Mazumdar- loved and stylish cricketers in the country.
Shaw founded the Today, he lends his expertise in the game
country’s largest listed biopharmaceutical via commentary on TV and special columns
firm, Biocon. Amongst her innumerable in print.
accolades, most recently, EY named her
World Entrepreneur of The Year 2020 32. Harish Salve, 65, Senior Advocate,
and Forbes has listed her as the 65th most Supreme Court of India
powerful woman in the world. India’s most expensive lawyer and the most

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