Anand Mahindra Quotes

Anand Mahindra

Profession : Businessman

Birth : May 1, 1955

I don't think the disruptor and the business model of a disruptor necessarily is an indication of the topography of the future. If it did, you would say then that everyone will make high-end electric cars, when the answer is clearly no.

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If your strategy calls for you to be in America, then you will go into America. If your strategy calls for you to be in M&A, then you'll do an acquisition. You usually acquire a company to acquire technology, geographic advantage, etc. Similarly, geographic expansion is very much like M&A. It's done to advance a strategy.

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There is no business in the world - I don't care what it is, whether it's I.T. or manufacturing - that does not have what I may refer to as a blended resource base. You have high-end work. You have engineering work. You have some local knowledge you require. Then, you have some very low-cost work to be done.

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As I have often said, acceptance of the idea of shared mobility is going to be one of the major disruptive trends in the automotive industry.

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Education is like the pooja ghar for us. We are never going to become a for-profit player in education. It will be akin to selling the pooja ghar.

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India's states must compete, not march in lockstep, if India is to develop its own path to sustainable prosperity.

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If I were to put labels on demonetization, it would be transparency and traceability.

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In a large bureaucracy, you cannot exercise the transformation of any situation without coopting bureaucracy.

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My mother was a writer. She acted in one film before she decided that Bollywood wasn't good enough for her. My two sisters and I probably learned from her how to get under other people's skin. In contrast, my father was a simple man despite his success at business. He was a people person, and I think that's what led him to join politics.

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The market will evolve into two segments: cars that provide ease of access to transport and are shared by many people, and cars that are exclusive, high-end symbols of the owner's status and aspirations.

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We're going to be selling our product to the American consumer. We want to have Americans who understand American consumers.

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Just like you have fire regulations, they should have regulations that no building would be made without charging points for electric vehicles.

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You cannot mean everything to all segments of the markets. You cannot have a brand straddling too many meanings.

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Women need a space that quenches their intellectual hunger, engages and empowers them with relatable content.

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I'm an optimist about NAFTA merely being updated.

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I think a CEO lives or dies in whether he's been able to hold on to elements of culture that are needed in the company.

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I have fond memories of my kabaddi exploits at Lawrence School. I also enjoyed tennis and swimming.

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If you are planning to save the planet, it will not be Tesla that will do it, since only a finite number of people can afford to buy one, even a $35,000 Model 3.

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When we heard that America is pulling out of the Paris Agreement, that's unfortunate, but frankly - speaking purely from my competitive juices point of view - we are delighted that somebody's not going to look at these opportunities. They'll be all there for us.

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Make in India will not work if we take a conventional linear approach. It has to be a leapfrogging into the future, and India is ideally placed to do this.

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