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ANAND MAHINDRA

Born On: 1st May, 1955 Born In: Mumbai, Maharashtra Career: Entrepreneur

ANAND MAHINDRA-MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA GROUP

Anand Mahindra is the Managing Director and Vice Chairman of the Mahindra & Mahindra Group, which is amongst the top ten industrial houses in India. This renowned group was established by his grandfather K.C. Mahindra in Ludhiana, Punjab. M&M has grown into one of the nation's leading companies, employing more than 117,000 people around the world. Net Income - 30,719 crore (2011)

ABOUT MAHINDRA

Industry - Automotive Products - Automobiles, commercial vehicles & two wheelers Net Income - 30,719 crore (2011)

EARLY LIFE

Anand Mahindra was born on 1st May, 1955 in Mumbai, Maharashtra and belongs to a famous business family. He is the son of late Harish Mahindra and Indira Mahindra. In 1977, he pursued a graduate degree at the Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1981, he finished his Masters in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts. He is now married to Anuradha Mahindra, who is the famous editor of the magazines 'Verve' and 'Man's World' and is the Editor-in-Chief of Rolling Stone India. The couple together has two daughters.

CAREER

1981: Joined Mahindra Ugine Steel Company (MUSCO) as an Executive Assistant to the Finance Director 1991: Became the Deputy Managing Director of the Mahindra & Mahindra Group 1997: Became the Managing Director of the Mahindra & Mahindra Group 2003: Became the Vice-Chairman of the Mahindra & Mahindra Group and he was also a co-promoter of Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd, which was converted into a bank in 2oo3, and rose up to the position of leading private sector banks.

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

In 2004 - Anand Mahindra was honored as the Knight of the Order of Merit and also received the Rajiv Gandhi Award In 2005, when he was awarded the Person of the Year award from Auto Monitor and the Leadership Award In 2006, he received the CNBC Asia Business Leader Award and the Ludhiana Management Association presented him with the Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In 2007, he received the honor/title of the 'Most Inspiring Corporate Leader of the Year' from NDTV Profit. He has been entitled as the Business Leader of the Year (2008-2009) by the Economic Times Awards.

CONTRIBUTION

Anand Mahindra contributed $ 10 million to the Harvard University in the name of his mother, Indira Mahindra for supporting the Humanities Center. Under Anand's supervision, the company opened a new and separate field, Mahindra Systems and Automotive Technologies and to offer better engineering services.

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BY AKHIL BINCY HELNA RAHUL RAJENDU SWARAJ VIJI & VINEETH