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Rana Kapoor

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Rana Kapoor

Education Bachelor's degree in Economics (Honours)

MBA

Alma mater University of Delhi

Rutgers University

Organization Yes Bank

Rana Kapoor is the founder, CEO and MD of YES Bank.

[edit]Biography

Rana Kapoor is the Founder/Managing Director & CEO of YES BANK. As a professional
entrepreneur, since 2003, he is progressively establishing a high quality, state-of-the-art private
Indian Bank with a vision of "Building the Best Quality Bank of the world in India" by 2015.

Under his leadership, YES Bank has steadily evolved as the "Professionals' Bank of India" with
exemplary business and financial outcomes as evidenced in the financial results since inception,
highest RoA/RoE, and the best asset quality amongst leading Public and Private Banks in India.
YES Bank has adopted global best practices, the highest standards of service quality and
operational excellence. Rana Kapoor studied at the Shri Ram College of Commerce, and
obtained his Bachelor's degree in Economics (Honours) from the University of Delhi in 1977. He
then went on to obtain an MBA degree from the Rutgers University in 1980.[1]

Kapoor applied to three banks after passing out of Rutgers: Citi, ANZ Grindlays and Bank of


America. [2] He joined Bank of America and worked there for 16 years, managing the Bank's
corporate, government and financial institution clients. He was awarded the Chief Executive
Officer's Award by the Chairman of Bank of America for his performance. After leaving Bank of
America, Rana served as the General Manager & Head of ANZ Grindlays' Investment Bank
(ANZIB) for two years.

Later, Kapoor served as the CEO of Rabo India Finance Ltd. In February 1995, a top team
from Rabobank arrived in India, scouting for opportunities.[2] Rana Kapoor, his brother-in-law
Ashok Kapur and Harkirat Singh made a proposal to the visiting team for two joint ventures:
a non-banking financial company and a bank. During the next year, Kapoor held secret meetings
with the Rabobank executives in India, Singapore and Holland. The NBFC was set up 1997, with
the three Indian partners chipping in with an equity capital of Rs 9 crore each. In 2003, the three
sold their stake for $10 million each, generating the seed fund for the bank. [2]

In 2003-04, he and Ashok Kapur established Yes Bank with the vision of "Building the Best
Quality Bank of the world in India" by 2015. [1] Rana Kapoor and Ashok Kapoor held 26% stake in
Yes bank, while Rabobank International held 20% stake.[3] Mr. Kapoor has recently been ranked
as the 3rd Most Valuable Indian CEO of the Year by Business World magazine in November
2009. He has earlier received the Distinguished Entrepreneurship Award at the PHD Chamber
Awards for Excellence 2007In 2005, he was declared Ernst & Young's Start-up Entrepreneur of
the Year.[4]

[edit]Positions held

 Member of the Government of India's Board of Trade


 Member of the Managing Committee of the Indian Banks' Association (IBA)
 Chairman of Banking Committee, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), 2005–06

Rana Kapoor is the Managing Director & CEO and the main Founder of YES BANK. As a
professional entrepreneur, he is establishing a high quality, technology driven, state-of-
the-art private Indian Bank catering to "Emerging India", since mid 2003.

YES BANK is the only Private Indian Greenfield Bank to be licensed by the Reserve Bank of
India in the last 10 years. YES BANK has adopted international best practices, the
highest standards of service quality and operational excellence. The Bank provides
a delightful banking experience expressed with simplicity, empathy and totality. 

Prior to establishing YES BANK, Mr Kapoor was CEO & Managing Director of Rabo India
Finance (RIF) Pvt. Ltd., responsible for all its business activities in corporate finance and
investment banking (1998- 2003). Mr Kapoor was also the main Managing Partner in RIF
where he successfully spearheaded a foreign joint venture financial services organization
with Rabobank in India, and thereafter sold his shareholdings to Rabobank. RIF is now a
100% subsidiary of Rabobank, Netherlands, the only AAA rated private bank in the world.

Prior to joining Rabo India, he was the General Manager & Country Head: ANZ Grindlays'
Investment Bank (ANZIB, from 1996-98). Under his leadership, ANZIB emerged as one of
the strongest investment banks in India which was widely recognised across Asian financial
journals. Prior to ANZIB, Mr Kapoor spent 16 years at Bank of America (1980-1995),
where he last headed the Bank's Wholesale Banking businesses and held several positions
of increasing responsibility in his 15 years career including assignments in Asian countries.
He was presented the Eagle Pin by the Chairman of Bank of America, the highest
professional recognition for consistent performance excellence in Bank of America,
amongst several other enterprising achievements.

Mr Kapoor is a member of the Government of India's Board of Trade. This apex body
consisting of top leadership from the Industry is nominated by the Ministry of Commerce &
Industry. Mr Kapoor is also a member of the Managing Committee of the Indian
Banks' Association (IBA), a premier body represented by top Bankers across the
industry. He is also theChairman of CII's Banking Committee for the year 2005-06.

He is an active member of several leading chambers of commerce like CII, FICCI, IMC,


TERI, BCCI, ICC, etc. He was appointed in 2002 as the Honorary Consul General for
Cyprus in Mumbai/ Maharashtra state by the Government of Cyprus. He is also an
active member of the Young President's Organisation (YPO), a leading global forum
of business leaders. He was the Chairman for two years of the Indian Merchant Chambers
(IMC) - Banking, Finance and Insurance committee, in the years 1992-93.
Mr Kapoor was awarded the 'Start- up Entrepreneur of the Year 2005' at the Ernst &
Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards by an eminent jury. 

Mr Kapoor holds a MBA degree from Rutgers' University in New Jersey, U.S.A. (1980), and
a Bachelor's degree in Economics (Honours) from the University of Delhi (1977).

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Born Mumbai, India

Education Chartered Accountant

Occupation investor / trader

Net worth  $1.0 billion (2010)

CA. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is an Indian Chartered Accountant by qualification but


an investor / trader by profession. In 2010, Forbes rated him India's 51st and the world's #1062
richest man with wealth of $1.0 billion.[1] He is a famous equity investor in India and manages his
own portfolio as a partner in his asset management firm, Rare Enterprises. Jhunjhunwala was
described in a magazine as the "pin-up boy of the current bull run" and by another as "Pied Piper
of Indian bourses". He is tagged by the media as "India's Warren Buffett".

Jhunjhunwala stays at Malabar Hill and works from his office at Nariman Point in South Mumbai.
He regularly appears on various business channels on television to share his ideas and opinions
on the Indian markets. He is well known among the investing circles as 'Rocky' and among his
close associates as 'Bhaiyya'. He considers Mr Radhakrishnan Damani as his guru (mentor) and
best friend.
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1 Career
2 Investment

Philosophy

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4 References

5 External links

[edit]Career

Son of an income tax officer, he started dabbling in stocks while in Sydenham College and
plunged into investing as a full time profession soon after completing his education. He started
his career with $100 in 1985 when the BSE Sensex was at 150. He made his first big profit of Rs
0.5 million in 1986 when he sold 5,000 shares of Tata Tea at a price of Rs 143 which he had
purchased for Rs 43 a share just 3 months prior. Between 1986 and 1989 he earned Rs 20-25
lakhs. His first major successful bet was iron ore mining company Sesa Goa. He bought 4 lakh
shares of Sesa Goa in forward trading, worth Rs 1 crore and sold about 2-2.5 lakh shares at Rs
60-65 and another 1 lakh at Rs 150-175. The prices then went up to Rs 2200 and he sold some
shares.

But he credits Madhu Dandavate's Union budget of 1990 as the inflection point for his investing
career which quintupled his net worth. His privately owned stock trading firm Rare Enterprises,
derives its name from the first two initials of his name and wife Rekha's name.

Under the guidance of Mr Radhakrishna Damani, he made a lot of money shorting stocks at the
time of Harshad Mehta scam post 1992.

"My decision to aggressively invest in the asset class of Indian equities at the right time was a
very important determinant of my success,” said Rakesh Jhunjhunwala.

Jhunjhunwala's portfolio of stocks is tracked religiously. His latest stock portfolio is the subject of
many debates and analysis. Like Warren Buffett, Jhunjhunwala is a long term investor, however
he acknowledges that it was 'trading' income which helped him built his initial capital base and
continues to remain an active trader as he believes it keeps one alert and always on your feet.

Jhunjhunwala is the Chairman of Aptech Limited and Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt.
Ltd and also sits on the Board of Directors of various Indian listed/ unlisted companies like Prime
Focus Limited, Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Limited, Bilcare Limited, Praj Industries
Limited, Provogue India Limited, Concord Biotech Limited, Innovasynth Technologies (I) Limited,
Mid Day Multimedia Limited, Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited, Viceroy Hotels Limited,
CRISIL & Tops Security Limited.

[edit]Investment Philosophy
Although he claims to put only a minuscule of his networth on the table for trading activity, he has
often leveraged his own capital and managed to make a fortune from his calls, more often than
not. His stock picking strategy is influenced by the lessons from Mr George Soros's trading
strategies and Dr Marc Faber's analysis of economic history. He endorses the thumb rule of
'trend is my best friend'.

He is the poster boy of the Indian bull run but admits to have been a bear in the Harshad Mehta
days and believes that a person in the market should be like a chameleon. He calls the markets
as temples of capitalism and believes that they are the ultimate arbitrators.

Much like Mr Warren Buffet, he buys into the business model of a company and for judging the
longevity and growth potential, he gives top priority to 'competitive ability', 'scalability' and
'management quality' of the enterprise. The 'entrepreneur', according to Jhunjhunwala is what
makes an invaluable difference to his expected investment returns. According to Jhunjhunwala,
believing in the vision and the beliefs of the entrepreneur and validating the risks that may not be
perceived by the entrepreneur are the key success factors for an investor.

Jhunjhunwala has managed to identify numerous multi-baggers in the past decade, notable
being Karur Vysya Bank, Praj Industries, Crisil, Titan, Nagarjuna, HOEL and PSUs like BEML
and Bharat Electronics, among others. The typical traits to look for while identifying potential
multi-baggers, according to Jhunjhunwala are - low institutional holding, under-researched and
general pessimism about the stock.

A good time to sell a stock, according to Jhunjhunwala, is not based on any 'price' targets, but
when the 'earnings' expectations have peaked or the business model has peaked or the
valuations appear ridiculously unreasonable.
Rakesh jhunjhunwaala

A. B. Shetty
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Attavar Balakrishna Shetty(1883-1960)[1] better known as A. B. Shetty was


an Indian politician, philantropist, entrepreneur and the founder of Vijaya Bank[2]

[edit]Biography

A. B. Shetty was born in a Bunt family of landlords to Mulki Kalappa Shetty (Father) and Attavar
Unhakke(Mother).He completed his early education in Mangalore.Mr.Shetty realising the need for
dissemination of news and information about world affairs among people in the erstwhile South
Canara district,started a weekly in Kannada "Navayuga" which was edited in its early years by K. K.
Shetty and later by K. Honnayya Shetty. The weekly did yeomen service in the field of journalism and
was very popular for more than 40 years. In addition Mr. A. B. Shetty was also the pioneer behind the
popular printing press called the Canara Printing Press in Mangalore. Realising the strong necessity
of good financial backing for the progress of any community Mr. Shetty established the Vijaya Bank in
the year 1931.The bank did well providing job opportunities for thousands of youth and also providing
banking service to lakhs of people all over the country.Vijaya Bank is today one of the foremost
nationalised banks of India.Deeply secular and progressive in outlook, Mr.Shetty took a keen interest
in the activities of the Theosophical Society, the Brahmo Samaj, the Arya Samaj, the Depressed
Classes Mission, etc., all of which were engaged in the uplift of neglected sections of society. He
married Kalyani Shetty.They had four children:- two sons and two daughters.Mr. Shetty was a popular
figure in the political, educational & social life of south canara district for more than 50 years.He also
served as Minister in the erstwhile Madras Presidency and later in Madras State holding various
portfolios such as agriculture and veterinary,medical and public health, cooperation, housing and ex-
servicemen between the years 1949-1956 until quitting the Ministry on March 1 1956 Following
the States Reorganisation Act of 1956[3].He spent his last days in Mangalore & died in the year 1960
at the age of 77.Considering his legacy in the development of erstwhile south canara district a Dental
College is named after him inMangalore[4]

S. L. Kirloskar
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remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more
precise citations where appropriate. (February 2008)

Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar

File:SLKirloskar.jpg

Born May 28, 1903

India

Died April 24, 1994 (aged 90)

Pune India

Occupation Founder, Kirloskar Group

Spouse Yamutai Kirloskar

Children Chandrakant Kirloskar

Srikant Kirloskar

Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar (28 May 1903-24 April 1994) was an Indian businessman of Maharashtrian

Karade Brahmin family. He was instrumental behind the rapid growth of the Kirloskar Group.

He was the son of Laxmanrao Kirloskar, who established the Kirloskar Group and the township of Kirloskarwadi.

He earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering

from MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.. He was also the among the batch of first Indians to graduate from

MIT.The others being Chintalapati Satya Narayana Raju(Former Chief Engineer[THERMAL]Central Water Power

Commission)of Visakhapatnam Dist under the Madras Presidency(Present Andhra Pradesh).[citation needed]

Shantanurao was a global thinker and an enterprising person who had the courage and the confidence in the

potential of his own country even in the pre-independence era. He often said, "Economic preparedness is as vital
as military preparedness." He always looked at India as a part of the rest of the world and worked towards

making India globally competitive.

After the end of World War II, the Kirloskar Group grew rapidly under the leadership of S. L. Kirloskar. In 1946, he

established Kirloskar Electric Company and Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited at Bangalore and Pune respectively.

He is credited with developing the manufacture of diesel engine indigenously as an import substitute after India

attained independence. He penned an autobiography under the title Cactus and Roses.

He created a business empire that enjoyed one of the highest growth rates in Indian history, a staggering

32,401% growth of assets from 1950-1991. Today, the Kirloskar Group is India's largest Engineering

Conglomerate.

In May 2003, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the then Prime Minister of India, released a commemorative postage

stamp marking Mr. S.L. Kirloskar's 100th anniversary.

[edit]Awards

 Rashtrabhushan Award of FIE Foundation, Ichalkaranji


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While a ceremonial fusillade of firecrackers sounded outside, a black-capped Brahmin pandit recited Sanskrit prayers
last week in a factory conference hall at Poona, outside Bombay. It was the time of year for worshiping Lakshmi, the
Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity, to whom all wise Indian businessmen annually offer their order books for a
blessing. With his workers during the ceremony, his feet bare and his forehead glowing with a dot of vermilion, sat
Shantanu Laxman Kirloskar, the U.S.-educated head of India's Kirloskar group, a seven-company combine that sells
$46 million worth of farm and industrial equipment a year in 42 nations on every continent. Shantanu Kirloskar's respect
for ancient rites is matched by his interest in modern and aggressive management. From the ceremonies, he set off on
a flying trip to the U.S., Canada and seven Latin American cities to seek new sales outlets for his thriving companies.
Steel Plows for $8.40. The Kirloskar companies not only dominate their field at home (by producing 65% of India's
diesel engines, 40% of its centrifugal pumps, 36% of its electric motors), but also symbolize the gradual change in
India's old image as a mere exporter of raw materials. Nearly 20% of Kirloskar's diesels are sold abroad, from West
Germany to California, and from the West Indies to the Persian Gulf. Kirloskar plants also turn out a neatly
complementary array of products that range from air compressors to vertical turret lathes, from sluice valves to torque
converters. But Kirloskar is proudest of his contribution to the revolution in farm methods that food-shy India so badly
needs. Although four-fifths of the Indian peasant-farmers still use wooden plows, Kirloskar is busy selling them steel
ones at enticingly low prices: $8.40 to $24.15. More important, he is persuading many farmers to shift from bullock
muscle to diesel engines to pump water for irrigation.
Kirloskar-"S.L." to his friends—is a compact (5 ft. 6 in., 150 Ibs.) man of 61 with bird-bright brown eyes and a penchant
for gay-toned bow ties. After graduating from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1926, he got his little family-
owned motor company to branch out into planters, seeders and harrows, invented a machine that speeded peanut
shelling by 600% . Kirloskar has been branching out ever since, often by collaborating with foreign manufacturers. He
runs his empire of nine scattered plants and 11,000 workers with a light hand. "I direct by invisible authority," he says. "If
things are running right, I don't interfere." He keeps in touch by flying from plant to plant in his private twin-engine
Beechcraft, relaxes in his Poona home by listening to Western classical music on a stereo hifi.
Sugar Cane & Cow's Blood. Almost alone among Indian industrial complexes, Kirloskar has no roots in textiles.

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Twinkle Khanna
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Twinkle Khanna
Born Tina Jatin Khanna

December 29, 1974 (age 35)

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Occupation Actress, Interior Designer

Years active 1995 - 2001

Spouse Akshay Kumar (2001-present)

Children Aarav Bhatia

Parents Rajesh Khanna

Dimple Kapadia

Twinkle Khanna (born Tina Jatin Khanna, 29 December 1974) is an Indian film actress who has acted
in Bollywood and Telugu films. She is the wife of Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar and the daughter of established

actors, Dimple Kapadia and Rajesh Khanna. After leaving film industry in 2001, she ventured into interior

designing and is now the co-owner of The White Window store.

n 2002, Khanna opened her own interior design store in Crawford Market, Mumbai called The White Window, in

partnership with her long time friend Gurlein Manchanda. Since then, the store has received a prestigious Elle

Decor International Design Award (from Indian edition of Elle Decor magazine). She has opened up another

branch of the flagship store elsewhere in Mumbai and plans to expand throughout India.[2]

Khanna did the interiors for actress Rani Mukerji's new house in 2006.[3
Very few people have the privilege of being born on the same day as their mom or dad, Tina is one of
them. She was born on 29 December 1974, and shares her date of birth with her dad, Jatin alias
super-star Rajesh Khanna, born in 1942. Tina is the daughter of well-known Bollywood actress,
Dimple Kapadia; has a sister, Rinke, who is married to Industrialist Sameer Saran, and has a
daughter. Her aunt is Bollywood actress and costume designer, Simple Kapadia. Her parents are no
longer married to each other.
Twinkle, in partnership with Gurlein Manchanda, opened an Interior Design store (White Window) in Bombay's
Crawford Market, and subsequently went on to receive the El Decor Award. She is in the process of opening
another store in Bombay.

The White Window by Twinkle Khanna introduces their Holiday line: “Villa Tara “ a range of home décor
and resort wear. Available at The White Window , Palatial Bldg, Ground Floor, 21st road, Bandra W,
Mumbai-49.
The holiday line was named “ Villa Tara” after Twinkle’s azure blue old Portuguese villa in Goa where ideas
for the collection were envisioned.

Villa Tara at The White Window offers a fabulous range of clothes for cruise wear but home décor is still
the highlight. “ Its about translating your aesthetic to every little thing that invades your lifestyle from your
hairclips to your vanity case to your holiday beachwear , flip flops and to the way you dine, your home
linen, basically what you choose to surround yourself with, ”says Twinkle .

Says Twinkle on the expansion of the White Window décor line to resortwear , ”I enjoy putting things
together but that’s a far cry from being a fashion designer –my understanding of design is firmly based on
my training and practice in interior design and though aesthetics are common in both, I prefer to use mine
in furniture and interior design. My work is my biggest inspiration, I think I actually learned how to dress
only as a reflection of my work in the interior business; I follow the same principles in both –clean cut
structures and a fusion of colours and cultures and I love accessories in both home design and fashion.”
“The philosophy of a lifestyle permeates everything you do its the way you live, to what you wear to how
you wrap your gifts its an amalgamation of living in the best way one possibly can. The Villa Tara holiday
line by the White Window caters to every mood be it art to put on your walls to embellished velvet cushions
to lounge on to gauzy slip-ons over your swimsuit to even scented sachets to make sure your lingerie
smells wonderful to wearing kaftans to sleep which make you feel like a glamorous diva–that’s a total
lifestyle, ” maintains Twinkle Khanna.

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