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Puneet Chhatwal: He Grew the Taj by Owning Less of It
Founder LeadershipSeptember 2026

Puneet Chhatwal: He Grew the Taj by Owning Less of It

Taj Hotels had lost money for seven straight years. He raised ₹4,000 crore mid-pandemic and rebuilt growth around hotels IHCL doesn't own. Profit crossed ₹2,000 crore for the first time.

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A · 01 Founder Leadership · September 2026

Puneet Chhatwal: He Grew the Taj by Owning Less of It

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A · 02 Founder Leadership · September 2026

Gopal Vittal: He Let 40 Million Customers Leave Airtel on Purpose

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A · 03 Founder Leadership · September 2026

M P Ahammed: No Bank Would Fund Him, So He Borrowed From His Customers

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A · 04 Founder Leadership · September 2026

Anish Shah: The Outsider Who Fixed Mahindra's ₹5,200 Crore Problem

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A · 05 Founder Leadership · September 2026

Noel Tata: The Job He Didn't Get, and the One He Built Instead

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A · 06 Founder Leadership · September 2026

Costs Were Rising Everywhere. Sameer Khetarpal Cut Domino's Prices Anyway.

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A · 07 Founder Leadership · September 2026

He Ran India's Biggest Luggage Company. Then He Bought the Rival One-Tenth Its Size.

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A · 08 Founder Leadership · September 2026

Venu Nair Took the Job Nobody Wanted at Shoppers Stop. He Fixed It in a Year.

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A · 09 Founder Leadership · August 2026

Cadbury Found Out About the Worms From a TV Reporter. Bharat Puri Fixed It in Eight Weeks.

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A · 10 Founder Leadership · August 2026

Verghese Kurien Packed His Bags to Leave Anand. He Stayed Fifty Years and Built Amul.

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A · 11 Founder Leadership · August 2026

Everyone Said Royal Enfield Was Finished. Siddhartha Lal Asked for Two Years.

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A · 12 Founder Leadership · August 2026

C K Venkataraman: How Tanishq Fixed a Decade of Being Wrong About India

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A · 13 Founder Leadership · August 2026

Ramesh Chauhan Sold Thums Up to Build Bisleri From Scratch

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A · 14 Founder Leadership · August 2026

Sunil D'Souza Turned Down Tata's FMCG Job, Then Built It From Tea and Salt

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A · 15 Founder Leadership · July 2026

Shailesh Jejurikar: P&G's First Indian-Origin CEO in 187 Years

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A · 16 Founder Leadership · July 2026

Sudhir Sitapati: Why He Left HUL's Safest Seat for Godrej

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A · 17 Marketing Leadership · August 2026

Solitario's Netflix Moment Exposes a Marketing Hiring Gap

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A · 18 Category Intelligence · August 2026

Aukera Raised ₹90 Cr: Inside India's Lab-Grown Diamond Race

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A · 19 Founder Leadership · July 2026

Suresh Narayanan: The MD Who Walked Into the Maggi Ban

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A · 20 Founder Leadership · July 2026

Sanjiv Mehta: The HUL Leader Who Never Forgot Bhopal

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A · 21 Founder Leadership · July 2026

Refused to Blink: The Boardroom Lesson Behind Marico's War With Hindustan Lever

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A · 22 Compensation Data · June 2026

The Hidden Comp Gap: Why Jewelry Brands Keep Losing Candidates at the Offer Stage

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A · 23 Headhunting · June 2026

Why the Best Performance Marketers in Jewelry Are Not on Naukri

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