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Her efforts in the fields of arts, sports known as, is a name that resonates
and education have been nothing short of with vision, resilience, and remarkable
inspiring and her narrative continues to be leadership. His journey from a young
superlative. engineer to the Chairman of Tata Sons,
Taking forward its commitment in one of India’s largest and most prestigious
supporting sports for women and conglomerates, is an inspiring story of
expanding the Mumbai Indians (MI) dedication, innovation, and unwavering
family, the Nita Ambani-owned franchise commitment.
added - a women’s cricket team in the first- He has also shared insight into his
ever Women’s Premier League (WPL) in personal and professional life on a Netflix
January 2023. This makes MI’s women’s documentary, hosted by former US
team the fourth MI franchise after Mumbai President Barack Obama. Chandrasekaran
Indians, MI Cape Town, and MI Emirates. gave credit for his success to his mother
And there’s no stopping her… who instilled hard work values in him as
Jio World Centre Mumbai’s iconic a foundation for his three-decade-long
new landmark destination, opened its career.
glitzy doors to, the Nita Mukesh Ambani Known in the inner circles as ‘The
Cultural Centre (NMACC), a multi- Transformer of Tata Sons’, he wears his
disciplinary cultural space in the sphere accolades with great humility. The life
of arts. Envisioned Ambani, the NMACC mantra of the Tata chairman includes
and Jio World Plaza — are already the simple living, healthy eating and enjoying
high spots of the country’s retail, art and outdoor activities with wife Lalitha.
cultural scene.
“Wealth and power don’t go together. 9 Radhakishan Damani, 69,
Power cannot be brokered. To me, power Businessman
is responsibility.” 2023 was the year that With a wealth of Rs
underscored this quote by Ambani. 1.75 lakh crore, the
69-year-old Mumbai-
8 Natrajan Chandrashekaran, 60, based business magnate
Chairman moved up ranks in
“Tata group will have the rich list which is
to prioritise execution, dominated by some others. In the last five
customer satisfaction years, the wealth of Damani has increased
and use technology by 280 per cent or Rs 128, 800 crore.
especially AI in What makes this year’s Top 50 list more
2024,” said Tata Sons inspiring is the men like Damani who have
chairman N Chandrasekaran in his New from humble beginnings, climbed every
Year message to employees. “Now that we mountain to rise to the top.
know what we have to do, and our plans Damani was born in Mumbai in 1956,
have momentum, we need to think hard where he was raised in a one-room
about how we can execute flawlessly and apartment. He dropped out of college after
with speed”. his first year and entered the stockmarket
N Chandrasekaran as he is widely as a broker and trader in the late 1980s.
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