Breaking free from the Sequoia mothership, Peak XV Partners embarks on a solo voyage in familiar but treacherous waters. Empowered, yet facing challenges, Peak XV wields serious capital heft and new-found independence to double down on the India opportunity
The leading ladies of the big screen -- from Katrina Kaif to Alia Bhatt to Priyanka Chopra to Deepika Padukone -- have co-founded companies and invested in start-ups to diversify their wealth
Closely involved in developing its super-app Tata Neu, she is now playing a key role in fixing its glitches. A fitness enthusiast, she loves listening to music, watching movies and reading management-related book.
Advaithi assumed the role of CEO in February 2019, and is responsible for architecting the company’s strategic direction focussed on driving tech innovation, supply chain, and responsible and sustainable manufacturing solutions across various industries and end markets.
Bajaria joined Netflix six years ago after being let go from Universal Television. “I learnt the invaluable lesson of separating my identity from my work,” she says. Now she wants to build Netflix as the destination of must-watch content.
Jalan bets on companies regularly—such as the recent investment of Rs 6,313 crore for a 50.1 per cent stake in Hyderabad-based Suven Pharma. Eureka Forbes, YES Bank and Tredence Analytics were the other big deals closed in 2022.
Post her IIM A degree, Singh, who is part of the BT Most Powerful Women in Business 2022 list, turned down a lucrative job offer to become an entrepreneur.
Mutreja, who holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics (Finance) from The Wharton School and Bachelor in Applied Science from the School of Engineering (University of Pennsylvania), defines how she does business: “We have mostly grown through internal accruals and have no debt obligation. We keep our finances tight [and] our products meet the highest industry quality standards.”
After touching 90 per cent of its pre-Covid-19 sales in FY22, Mitra has managed to grow her business by 44 per cent till December, banking on Titan’s equity among watch lovers.
In the past three years, when the world was suffering from uncertainty like never before, it was Smita Jatia’s indomitable spirit that helped the fast-food major Westlife Foodworld survive.
Wanting technology from Intel India to drive growth for the country and the world, Rai’s tagline is to ‘Maximise India with Maximum Intel and Maximise Intel with Maximum India’.
Since she took charge in mid-2020, after the exit of Adi Godrej from the Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) board and after CEO Vivek Gambhir left office, the market capitalisation of the company has jumped nearly 35 per cent to Rs 95,515 crore as of February 23.
Her confidence hinges on the recent documentary The Romantics, upcoming titles such as The Archies, drama series Heeramandi as well as the original stories in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam it is working on. Fingers crossed.
Thapar loves marketing, brands and interacting with people. That is evident on Shark Tank India, which, she says, “is a platform to share stories of India’s entrepreneurs, our job creators and to inspire and impact”.
Her biggest challenge has been to change the leadership’s mindset into thinking consumer-first and not platform-first, and that digital will not cannibalise TV.
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