Leadership lessons from Bharti Enterprises Founder-Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal
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He heads the $5 billion Bharti Group whose flagship company Bharti Airtel, is India’s largest telco. Forbes estimates his net worth at around $11 billion.
However, it all started with him borrowing just $1,500 from his father to set up a bicycle parts business in Ludhiana, Punjab.
Enter Sunil Bharti Mittal, one of Asia’s most prominent self-made billionaires. He was one of the first Indian entrepreneurs to identify the mobile telecom business as a major growth area.
He launched telecom services in Delhi way back in 1995. That’s when Bharti Cellular Limited (BCL) was formed under the brand name AirTel. Within a few years, Mittal’s company became the first telecom company to cross the 2-million mobile subscribers mark. The rest is history.
Here are someleadership lessons from the person who revolutionized India’s mobile telecom market:
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However, it all started with him borrowing just $1,500 from his father to set up a bicycle parts business in Ludhiana, Punjab.
Enter Sunil Bharti Mittal, one of Asia’s most prominent self-made billionaires. He was one of the first Indian entrepreneurs to identify the mobile telecom business as a major growth area.
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