The Portfolio Book of Great Indian Business Stories : Riveting Tales of Business Leaders and Their Times

How did Dhirubhai Ambani build a polyester plant in record time?What made J.R.D.

Tata launch India's first airline?How did Vijay Mallya wrest control of Shaw Wallace from Manu Chhabria?Why did Bhai Mohan Singh fall out with his favourite son and lose control of Ranbaxy? The Portfolio Book of Great Indian Business Stories contains excerpts from a selection of the finest business books published by Penguin Portfolio.

This anthology features snippets from the lives of some of the most eminent business leaders India has seen-M.S.

Oberoi, Ratan Tata, Aditya Birla and Rahul Bajaj, among others.

There are tales of outstanding successes, crushing failures, extraordinary challenges and relentless determination, some of which chronicle the times when these legends were just simple businessmen trying to make a mark.

The grit and ruthless persistence of these men defined who they were and the legacies they left behind.