Mahindra shares his grand sports investment plans, and how Mallya reneged on his commitment without warning
I am never tempted to do anything which seems to be going along a well-trodden path. It’s now also well-established that that’s not how you make money. If you are simply a follower, you don’t achieve success. You have to find your own path.
When I started working at Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), I realised we had company teams in every sport. We had a kabaddi team, and half the Indian team was with the Mahindra kabaddi team. We had a hockey team, and a lot of national players were Mahindra hockey players because we had a director who used to be a national team player. Even Dhanraj Pillay was in Mahindra.
(This story appears in the 07 June, 2019 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)