Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said that he has lost his cool 18 times in 29 years. Birla was talking to Nikhil Kamath on episode 5 of the billionaire-hosted show ‘People By WTF’, the trailer of which was released on Friday. The episode is yet to be released.
Nikhil Kamath can be seen asking Birla: “I read somewhere or someone said that you never lose your cool.”
On this, Birla said, “I have lost it 18 times in 29 years. To me, that’s a black mark, especially at work.
Kamath said he watched all of Birla’s interviews in the years leading up to the interview, and commented that “very few” of them are available. He said he had seen her interview 26 years ago, in which Birla Pat said, “Simi Grewal”, in reference to his television talk-show ‘Rendezvous with Simi Grewal’, which aired from 1997 to 2009.
Birla can also be seen turning the tables on Nikhil Kamath in the interview and asking him where he would invest if he had Rs 10 crore.
Separately, Birla, speaking at the silver jubilee of the Aditya Birla Scholarship Program in Mumbai last month, said the group is the largest Indian investor in the United States, with investments of over $15 billion and 20 locations in 15 states. There are construction works. He expressed further interest in investing in America.
Birla remarked that India today is confident, dreams big, and plays an important role in the global narrative, often a pioneer.
