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His was a story of rags to riches.

He was the founder of the first Indian


company that featured in the Forbes 500 list. The company was Reliance.
The man was
Ghanshyamdas Birla
Dhirubhai Ambani
Narayana Murthy
None of the above
Before becoming a successful businessman, he became the first pilot of
India. He went on to set up Air India International, India's first
international airline. The township that he built for his employees was
selected as a UN Global Compact City.
Dhirubhai Ambani
JRD Tata
Ratan Tata
None of the above
A graduate of management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
this man took the family business of locks and vegetable-based soaps to
unbelievable heights.
Jamshedji Tata
Dhirubhai Ambani
Adi Godrej
None of the above
While studying in Stanford, this young man was called back to handle the
family business after his father's sudden death. He took the family business
of oils, soaps, lighting and toiletries and made it one of the biggest software
companies in India
Narayana Murthy
Azim Premji

Shiv Nadar
None of the above
A freedom fighter and consultant to Mahatma Gandhi, this great man
started with cotton and jute mills and expanded into the fields of chemicals,
cement, rayon etc. BITS, the famous engineering college in Pilani was
founded by his company
Ghanshyam Das Birla
Dhirubhai Ambani
Shiv Nadar
None of the above
He is aptly called the father of the hotel industry of India. Slowly acquiring
hotels across India in the pre-independence era, he became the first Indian
to own and run a chain of hotels in India.
Adi Godrej
M. S. Oberoi
Ghanshyam Das Birla
None of the above

It started with the death of a patient who couldn't fly to Texas for a heart
surgery. The incident moved this man enough to create Apollo Hospitals,
providing world-class medical and health care right in India.
Dr. B.D. Agarwal
Dr. Pratap Reddy
Dr. Shams Moopen
None of the above
She founded a whole range of skincare products. Married at the age of 15,
she went on to establish a world-famous brand, carried by Bloomingdales,
Harrods and Selfridges to name a few.

Mallika Sherawat
Shahnaz Hussain
Sudha Narayana Murthy
None of the above
Founder of the Kingfisher group, this man owns businesses ranging from
breweries to airlines! Known for his flashy and flamboyant lifestyle, his
group is now a multinational conglomerate of companies
Vijay Merchant
Vijay Mallya
Vikram Gokhale
None of the above
He is the CEO of HCL (Hindustan Computers Limited). At the time when
IBM shut down operations in India in the 70s, HCL stepped in to fill the
void. Today it is India's largest IT conglomerate.
Narayana Murthy
Shiv Nadar
Azim Premji
None of the above
Long before Tom Carvel even dreamed of selling soft ice cream he had worked
as a Dixieland band drummer and even test drove cars for Studebaker. He
moved to New York when he was 26 and over the Memorial Day weekend in
1934 he was selling ice cream. With the aid of electricity from a nearby store,
he was selling it from the back of his truck. He opened his first store in
Hartsdale N.Y. and began franchising after WWII. In what city was the man
known as "The Father of Franchising" born?

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