Uday Shankar’s appointment as CEO of Star India was an unexpected but inspired choice. Under his stewardship, Star’s turnover grew fivefold to Rs 8,500 crore by the end of FY15. Little surprise then that he is the blue-eyed boy of the Murdochs, especially 21st Century Fox’s new CEO and Rupert Murdoch’s son, James. It is also the reason why he was conferred the Best CEO-MNC award at the 2015 Forbes India Leadership Awards.
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