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ANAND MAHINDRA, THE THIRD CHAPTER OF MAHINDRA’S STORY
The journey of the Auto industry Magnate, Anand Mahindra, started decades after the inception of the Mahammad and Mahindra, which is currently known as the Mahindra Group empire.
Yes, a company formed only a couple of years before the India-Pakistan partition and independence by the Mahindra brothers from the humble backgrounds, Kailash Chandra Mahindra and Jagdish Chandra Mahindra along with their CA and Pakistan's first Finance Minister Malik Ghulam Muhammad, has turned into today's famous Mahindra Group with the leading Automotive brand Mahindra and Mahindra after the later moved to Pakistan in 1947.
Today, the face of Mahindra Group is Anand Mahindra has been leading and manoeuvring through the curves of the global economy. With existence in over 100+ countries and a total of more than 200,000 employees globally, Mahindra Group empire isn't only the part of the Indian Automobile industry.
Anand Gopal Mahindra is an Indian businessman with billion dollars in net worth as he continues to lead an empire of Mahindra Group with subsidiaries Mahindra & Mahindra, Mahindra Aerospace, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited, Bristlecone (company), Mahindra Systech, Tech Mahindra, Mahindra Lifespace Developers, and Mahindra Ugine Steel Company.
The group is renowned for owning India's top car manufacturing company but it has also settled its feet in various industries like aerospace, agribusiness, aftermarket, automotive, components, construction equipment, defence, energy, farm equipment, finance and insurance, industrial equipment, information technology, leisure and hospitality, logistics, real estate and retail.
Anand Mahindra was born on 1st May 1955 in Bombay, Bombay State of India and is 65 years old as of January 2021.
The Padma Bhushan, 3rd highest civilian Indian award winner, Anand Mahindra turned towards the art of film making after he completed his early schooling from Laurence School, Lovedale.
Anand soon ventured into studying architecture from Harvard University and graduated magna cum laude in 1977. Later in 1981, he completed his MBA from the Ivy League College, Harvard Business School.
Anand Mahindra is an Indian business with a net value of 1.6 Billion as of January 2020.
Anand Mahindra is a Harvard University and Harvard Business School alumni, Mumbai-based billionaire business, and Chairman of Mahindra Group. He is the grandson of Jagdish Chandra Mahindra, the original co-founder of Mahindra and Mahindra.
Anand Gopal Mahindra has been a part of his grandfather's incepted company and is responsible for the growth of not only one company, but the entire group as he endeavoured through his journey since his first role in the company in 1981.
Born to the late industrialist, Harish Mahindra and his wife Indira Mahindra, Anand was raised in the financial capital of India, Mumbai with his two sisters Anuja Sharma and Radhika Nath.
Given that his grandfathers, the Mahindra Brothers sold their property to a company which post-independence become Mahindra and Mahindra, Anand started his journey with Mahindra Ugine Steel Company Ltd or MUSCO as an Executive Assistant to Finance Director.
Anand's career has indeed witnessed an upward graph to becoming the heir in charge of the company today. Eight years after his first role in Mahindra, in 1989, he became the President and Deputy Managing Director of MUSCO and initiated the diversification as we mentioned above.
The April 4 of 1991 became the date when Anand became responsible for the duties of Deputy Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., a producer of off-road vehicles and agricultural tractors in India. He later took the roles of Managing Director in 1997 and Vice Chairman in 2001.
His journey as the face of Mahindra Group started in 2021 as he succeeded his uncle Keshub Mahindra in the role of Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra Group, one of India's top 10 industrial houses.
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