The first stock I bought was Tata Tea, the first stock where I made big money was also Tata Tea.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALAThere is a digital revolution going on around the world and India is in better placed to tap the opportunity.
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What India needs for prosperity is just ease of doing business.
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Films are getting expensive by the day. They are making more money by the day.
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I’m not afraid of losing money, I’m afraid of sour relationships.
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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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When there’s doom and gloom, don’t forget there’s darkness before dawn.
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My personal opinion is that when the economy does well, anybody who has a deposit franchise will survive and grow because how can you lend if you do not have a deposit franchise?
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The world is not going to fall as long as there is confidence in governments and in banking institutions and the financial system.
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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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I myself am a private equity investor.
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People will laugh at me, but when they ask me to make a wish for the next life, I will say I want the same parents, same brother and sister, same wife, same friends.
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See, I’m a risk taker. If I feel very opinionated, I can really put the money on the table.
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I’d be lying if I said I didn’t like the money, but that’s not what motivates me.
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When the food at home is so tasty, why go out and eat?
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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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I started my life with Rs 5,000.
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Markets may in the short-term correct. But in a bull market the correction is always sharp, swift and short-lived.
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I don’t understand the business models of Flipkart and Uber. See no logic in people saying business models like that of Flipkart will flourish but that of D-Mart will not.
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The government needs to send out a message to the business community that ‘we are on your side.’
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Ultimately savings have to go somewhere and I think they will find their home in financial markets and within financial markets, a large part in equity.
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I don’t think Indian e-commerce companies have an evolved business model.
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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 not giving so much of my wealth that I should feel that I am a philanthropist.
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Growth comes from chaos, not order.
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These dire predictions of COVID are behind us. Covid is getting milder and people are learning to treat it better. The percentage of deaths is coming down. We are learning to live with it.
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My father was always not concerned about the wealth I have, but every year he would ask me, how much have you given in charity? And how much taxes have you paid?
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The biggest quest to learn anything is curiosity. If you are curious about something, you will go and dig.
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