Tide of fortune

By:

Madhvani, Manubhai

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Noida; Random House; 2009Description: 268 pISBN:

9788184000795

Subject(s):

Biography-Manubhai Madhvani

DDC classification:

338.04092 MAD

Summary: They were the Rockefellers of Uganda, the most famous Indian business family in east Africa. The madhvani family had everything. Then, in 1972, under Indian military dictatorship they lost it all. They were thrown out of the country and had their businesses snatched away. Tide of fortune is the enthralling story of manubhai madhvani, head of the dynasty, regularly featured on UK rich lists. Madhvani takes us through his childhood in 1940s India to his return tokakira, his thriving sugar factory. He gives us tales of despot idi amin, who had him imprisoned in a blood - stained cell on death row. He also talks of his success: Business secrets such as the importance of vertical integration and the value of replicating one’s most profitable business. Moving from the sylvan shores of lake Victoria to war - stricken glass factories in Lebanon, tide offortune is an astonishing account of fortunes made, lost and found again. Narrated with the acuityand foresight of a veteran businessman, it is a riveting read.

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They were the Rockefellers of Uganda, the most famous Indian business family in east Africa. The madhvani family had everything. Then, in 1972, under Indian military dictatorship they lost it all. They were thrown out of the country and had their businesses snatched away. Tide of fortune is the enthralling story of manubhai madhvani, head of the dynasty, regularly featured on UK rich lists. Madhvani takes us through his childhood in 1940s India to his return tokakira, his thriving sugar factory. He gives us tales of despot idi amin, who had him imprisoned in a blood - stained cell on death row. He also talks of his success: Business secrets such as the importance of vertical integration and the value of replicating one’s most profitable business. Moving from the sylvan shores of lake Victoria to war - stricken glass factories in Lebanon, tide offortune is an astonishing account of fortunes made, lost and found again. Narrated with the acuityand foresight of a veteran businessman, it is a riveting read.

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