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Goenka owns a majority stake in football this article is saying?” A lot of journalists
team ATK and has the franchise for Indian write for other journalists, or they write
Premier League cricket team Lucknow for politicians. But the common man needs
Super Giant context, needs explanation, needs history,
In recent times he has hinted on and background. I brought that into it.”
launching a new product line. We can
follow that story this year. He is quoted in 17 Dr Mahendra Mohan Gupta, 82 Media
The Economic Times as saying, “The way baron
I see it, my business can be defined into The Guptas – Dr
two categories: one was what I inherited Mahendra Mohan and
and the other is what I have done with the the next generation - are
inheritance.” Indeed. the owners of the largest-
selling daily in India,
16 Aroon Purie, 80, Media Baron Dainik Jagran, with
After a rather a readership of 68.7 million, they reach
serendipitous start in Indians across the country.
print journalism with As of 2023, Gupta is the Non-Executive
India Today, Purie has Chairman of the Company.
been the rock behind The combined readership of Jagran
the success of the group, Prakashan’s nine print titles—eight
setting standards in print, television and newspapers and a magazine—is a
internet journalism, besides leading many whopping 81.3 million. And now, with
transformations in Indian news media over its 15 digital portals in 12 languages, it
the past 50 years. has further expanded its already huge
This has deservedly accrued him the presence globally as well as at home. Given
Managing India Award for Lifetime its dominance in the all-important state of
Contribution to Media at the 50th AIMA Uttar Pradesh, Gupta and his family have
National Management Convention in 2023. enormous influence.
Still very relevant and on top of the latest
happenings, he is a constant source of 18 NR Narayana Murthy, 78,
encouragement to his staff, he makes sure Industrialist, Philanthropist
that no stone is left unturned and every While he led the IT
detail accounted for whilst reporting. revolution in India, he is
Although he says his exacting standards and will always remain
were sometimes begrudged by his staff, a simple man, and one
the staff recognised that “the end-result of the most respected
was a good product” and even came up voices in Indian business
with a friendly nickname for the editing and industry.
process— “Purification”—after him. In “Honesty, meritocracy, national
an interview with Harvard Business pride, speed, competitive spirit are all
School, he said: “I always looked at the characteristics of nations that have made
magazine from the reader’s point of view, progress. But those that have a culture of
always asking, “Can I understand what apathy, dishonesty, plagiarism, cut-and-
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