Life stories of Indian and South East Asian business leaders

About Life stories of Indian and South East Asian business leaders

I have written two life story books on Indian business leaders and one on South East Asian business leaders. The first is Added Value - the life stories of leading South East Asian business people published in 1999 by Murmeli , the second is Added Value - the life stories of Indian business leaders published in 2010 by Roli Books (https://rolibooks.com/) and the third is Profiles in Enterprise - inspiring stories of Indian business leaders published in 2015 also by Roli Books. Many people these days like to listen to audio books, podcasts and interviews rather than, or in addition to, reading books, magazines or newspapers. There were so many inspiring and extraordinary stories told to me by the subjects of my books that I thought podcast fans might like to hear the best of them in this podcast - https://lifestoriesofindianandsoutheastasianbusinessleaders.buzzsprout.com.

Publisher

Peter Church

Category

business · education · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Feb 2025

Latest episode

9 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

33 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Mar 2026

   Bhavarlal Jain, (1937-2016) founder of India's Jain Irrigation (https://www.jains.com/), the second largest global micro irrigation system

   All of the people in my books are outstanding entrepreneurs but, every now and then, one of them demonstrates an extra "something" which I can't easily or simply define. Bhavarlal Jain is one such person. Like most, he had an eye for an opportunity, but he had an unusual approach to admitting his failures. In 1997 he took out a half page advertisement in the leading Economic Times of India where he apologised to his investors and stakeholders. He said "I am sad that, for the first...

2. 

   7 Mar 2026

   Washington Sycip, (1921- 2017), Founder SGV Group in the Philippines which in due course became the largest accounting firm in South East Asia and which later became a member of Athur Andersen and then Ernst and Young

   Washington Sycip, known to most as "Wash", bestrode the accounting profession in South East Asia as a legend in his own life time. He founded W SyCip and Co in 1946 as a "one man band" with the plan to make it the largest in the Philippines. He did way more than that. It grew through a merger to become SGV and then grew further to become the largest professional services firm - auditing, assurance and advisory services in South East Asia. In 1985 SGV teamed up with the...

3. 

   19 Feb 2026

   Ambassador Alfonso Tiaoqui Yuchengco , Founder, Yuchengco Group of Companies in the Philippines (1923-2017)

   Ambassador Yuchengco founded the Yuchengko Group of Companies. By the time I met him in 1998 he was already 75 and had handed over day to day management to his eight children. The group is prominent in many business sectors and includes major companies such as Malayan Insurance, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation and House of Investments - https://www.ygc.com/ He has led an extraordinary life and, following his successful business career, has represented the Philippines as...

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• Brij Mohan Khaitan
• Arunachalam Vellayan
• Dr Anand Burman
• Dr Chaijudh Karnasuta
• Dr Anji Reddy

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