Only Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani are ahead of her.
Ivan Manuel Menezes, the India-born CEO of the world's biggest spirits company Diageo, died on Wednesday, days after being hospitalised for treatment of stomach ulcer. Menezes, 64, who was to retire at the end of this month, died in London, the company said. "It is with great sadness that Diageo announces that Sir Ivan Menezes has passed away following a brief illness, with his family at his side," it said in a statement. Diageo had on Monday announced that CEO-designate Debra Crew will assume the top role on an interim basis immediately as Menezes undergoes medical treatment.
'I think my first obsessive, possessive and only half-requited -- as we would joke -- 'love' was Ivan. I saw him first slouching down the corridor of St Stephen's College nearly 50 years ago and was instantly smitten (as was everyone else around him).'
Anant Goenka, 30, son of RPG Group chairman Harsh Goenka, will take over as managing director of Ceat, where he is currently deputy managing director a post the tyre producer created two years ago.
That India is a growth story is old hat. It is time to talk about the story beyond that story, was the message at this year's India Business Conference at the Kellogg School of Management.
Prof Bala V Balachandran talks about his plans for Great Lakes, on entrepreneurship and many other issues.
Among Jain's responsibilities would be to look for opportunities to build INSEAD programmes in China and India as the business school focuses on growing its global presence and attracting more students from the developing countries.
Dr Tara Thiagarajan is the chairperson and managing director of the Rs 200-crore (Rs 2 billion) Madura Micro Finance Ltd. She is also the director of Microcredit Foundation of India.
The 15-month course at ISB is meant for senior executives who were being groomed by their organisations to move into leadership roles.
Dipak Jain, an Indian American, will step down as dean at Northwestern University's prestigious Kellogg School of Management.
According to the study, which is set to be published in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, some types of positive feedback actually can escalate perceived threats to the ego and increase the need to prove that a questionable decision was the right one. The research at the American Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the London Business School conducted this study.
In an exclusive interview to rediff.com, Prof. Balachandran spoke about his association with MDI, Gurgaon, Indian School of Business and his plans as the dean of the Great Lakes Institute of Management.
Chopra was an assistant professor at the Stern School of Business Administration at New York University before going to Kellogg.
This financial world, experts now tell us was sometimes almost a make believe, a maya, which had got disconnected with the real economy of homes and factories.
India needs to build on its core strength of samaskaras (values) to achieve the global success and the need of the hour is to introduce new skills and innovativeness in the education system to develop entrepreneurial culture in India.
'Our idea is not to really think in terms of becoming the best in India. Our emphasis is different. We want to bring cutting-edge global research into the school,' says ISB dean Mendu Rammohan Rao.
Dipak C Jain, dean of Kelloggs School of Management, is the fourth highest paid official in Northwestern University, according to a new study.
Gandhi earlier took a dig at Modi saying he wanted to "congratulate" him on winning the "world famous" Philip Kotler Presidential award.
Mohanbir Sawhney, Raghuram G Rajan, Raju G C Thomas and Darsh Wasan will receive the award for academic leadership.
Roshni, also a trained classical musician, came on the board of HCL Technologies in 2013 and was vice chairperson. Shiv Nadar would continue to be MD of the company with designation as chief strategy officer.
The book, 'India Can', has received praises from top business leaders including Deepak Parekh and Nandan Nilekani.
Take a look at the annual US News and World Report's 2016 business school rankings.
Ananthasubramanian, 55, started her career in 1982 at Bank of Baroda as a specialist officer in the planning stream.
'There is a huge tax differential of 15% to 20% depending on income classification.'
His mother was the first female engineer at Ford. His brother is a CNN icon. 'Do we want politicians or problem-solvers?' Suneel Gupta asks Pottayil Rajendran.
Can business schools re-invent their role, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
After being turned down by 113 investors, Nidhi Agarwal, founder of Kaaryah received an aye from Ratan Tata. This is her story.
'In India, we are paying a price for not managing water as we are not willing to pay the cost for it.'
In the first of a four-part series, Claro Energy co-founder Kartik Wahi takes you through his entrepreneurial journey
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