I’m not a clone of anybody. I’m Rakesh Jhunjhunwala.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALAIn India, one has to have faith in equity. What are the alternatives – real estate, debt? If debt can give you 6 percent, equity can give you 15 percent.
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Draw a balance between the present and the future and one advice I give to every young Indian – the most difficult thing in India, urban India, is housing. So first thing that you do is try and buy house as that gives a great sense of security.
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The biggest thing that limits India’s growth is democracy, but it is needed. We cannot overrule it.
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What happens is the market really booms when people really leverage and they really leverage when they make a lot of money.
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Apart from being motivation for themselves, I think big givers should also talk about their philanthropy so that their work and their success stories prove inspirational enough for many others to follow.
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I am always capital short. If I see the opportunity, I will get the money.
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I have far less than what people think, but far more than I need.
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When there’s doom and gloom, don’t forget there’s darkness before dawn.
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I am not giving so much of my wealth that I should feel that I am a philanthropist.
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I am not afraid of making mistakes. But my mistakes were those that I could afford. That’s very important: mistakes will happen but you must ensure that you keep them within limits you can afford.
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I reflected a lot, I thought a lot on my 50th birthday. It has been one of the most important birthdays in my life, not in terms of celebration but in terms of retrospect.
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I am very opinionated and sometimes a very irritating character but, I have learnt that the quest to learn is a journey, not a destination.
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The first stock I bought was Tata Tea, the first stock where I made big money was also Tata Tea.
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There is a digital revolution going on around the world and India is in better placed to tap the opportunity.
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I am an optimist by nature and I reserve the right to be wrong.
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I don’t think Indian e-commerce companies have an evolved business model.
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