Anish Shah
The Architect
Structured and legacy-driven; builds the systems and institutions that last.
Anish Shah reads as The Architect because Mahindra Group under his leadership is treated as a system to be designed, not a portfolio to be reacted to. Presiding over businesses spanning automotive, technology, agriculture and financial services, he asks the structural questions first, which businesses belong inside the whole and how they interconnect.
“Today, with the Mahindra group has been around for 80 years now, we operate in more than 20 industries, in 70% of India's GDP. We make SUVs, we're the largest maker of SUVs in India, light commercial vehicles, electric three-wheelers, we are the largest tractor maker in India, farm equipment, and not just in India, but globally, we are th…”
“So, when we say purpose led, a DNA actually comes from a founder's. When they founded the company in 1945, That talked about the principles under which the company was born. They talked about dignity of labor, about neither caste nor creed nor color shall come in the way of a meritocracy, about opposing antisocial trends.”
“So, what happened actually was I was sitting with Mr. Mahindra, and one of my colleagues came in to show what was being presented to the board the next day. And Mr. Mindra, in his usual manner, said, Anish, what do you think? So I looked at that and said, I wouldn't do this for these reasons.”
“India has evolved over time and India has realized that it has to drive capitalism because that is one way where everyone will get wealthier and that's been a big benefit for India. It also never had birth control in any form or rather in the form that China did which was a one-child policy.”
The David Rubenstein Show: “Anish Shah”
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