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Kumar Mangalam Birla

20 statements across 1 episodes · 6 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 20, 2024 by Kumar Mangalam Birla · across every show →

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Dec 20, 2024 positive
Insight
Birla: Building or Running a Business Is the Most Creative Pursuit
“I think I'm essentially a creative person. And for me, the most creative thing you can do is build or run a business. I think there's so much of creativity that goes into that.”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 5:06 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024
Disclosure
Birla: Kumar Birla Sleeps Only Five To Six Hours A Night
“I don't sleep too much in just five to six hours, so I Stay quite late. One 30. We come by about seven 30.”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 1:29:58 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Birla: Great-grandfather pushed him to make independent decisions by grade six
“I was in class five or six and I remember him saying, you know, you've got to take your own decisions now. Any important decision of your, concerning your life should be yours.”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 26:17 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Birla: Received Job Offers While Auditing Companies Under First Name Only
“The last six months I got a job offer at every company that I went to for an audit. They just knew me as Kumar and you know that was reassuring.”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 1:18:28 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024 positive
Insight
Birla: Having tough conversations is fundamentally distinct from getting angry
“There are tough conversations that you need to have. And I've had several tough conversations on a one-to-one or with small teams. That's very different from getting angry. Getting angry in some way, let's say in a corporate context, it's also a little bit abo…”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 1:08:49 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024 positive
Opinion
Birla: Younger Generations Face Much Less Conformity Pressure Than Past Generations
“The pressure to perform or conform on your generation is much less than it was on us, which I think is, you know, huge.”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 39:31 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024 neutral
Insight
Birla: The businesses you run shape you as a person
“And I think, you know, the businesses that you run also shape you as a person. It's not just the other way around.”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 17:01 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024 negative
Opinion
Birla: Fear quashes personality and has no positive role today
“Fear is something that can really, ah, you know, quash you as a personality. Why would you It's also a very different context, right? I'm talking about, ah, I was 22, so that's about 35 years ago. Parenting was a very different thing then, clearly. In today's …”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 1:06:05 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024 negative
Opinion
Kamath: Modern Wokeness Is Often Generational Conformity Rather Than Deep Thought
“But I think my generation being woke is also conforming to being woke. I don't think anybody has thought deeply enough about the contrarian viewpoints of the prior generation that we are taking. We are woke today because it's cool to be woke.”
Nikhil Kamath Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 39:45 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024
Disclosure
Birla: His Father Barred Him From Family Business Without CA And MBA
“He just said to me that if you're not Going to be a CE MBA. You can't come and work in our office. There's no role that I can give to you.”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 1:03:50 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024 positive
Insight
Birla: Scaling Companies Demands Greater Creativity Because Easy Wins Are Exhausted
“I think as a business grows larger and scales up, you know, you need to be more and more creative because all the sort of low hanging fruit are done with. And you've got to keep creating value. So I think you actually need to be, that's when management turns f…”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 5:43 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Birla: Consciously avoids media because role doesn't require constant public exposure
“You know, I have pretty much consciously stayed away from the media. I don't think that my job requires me to be in people's faces all the time. And personally, I'm a private person. I don't, I'm not very sort of keen on sharing things about my personal life o…”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 44:53 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024
Assertion Partly supported
Birla: Aditya Birla passed away at age 52 when Kumar was 28
“I was 28 Nikhil. He was 52. So, obviously, he died very young, and tragically.”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 21:34 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024
Insight
Birla: Deep Emotional Availability Must Be Restricted To Avoid Personal Damage
“Emotional availability, I think has to be restricted to just a very few people. It can damage you otherwise.”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 31:48 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024 negative
Disclosure
Birla: Why Aditya Birla Group Passed On Buying An IPL Team
“I couldn't understand the model of the IPL for the longest. It's about capital allocation as well, right? I mean, when you have a lot of interesting opportunities before you, you've got to make choices. I'm not the sort of person, nor is my family or my son, t…”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 1:34:09 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024
Disclosure
Birla: Lack of work-life balance has been an intentional choice
“I've never had, for example, a work-life balance, but that's been by choice for various reasons, right or wrong. It's not happening by default.”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 2:16:14 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Birla: Kumar Birla Has Lost His Temper Just 18 Times Since 1995
“I've lost it 18 times in 30, 29 years.”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 1:06:49 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Birla: 1970s Indian Media Was Unsensational And Largely Ignored Business Families
“There was hardly any media then, Nikhil. I mean, you had Door Darshan for most of my years at school... In the seventies and early eighties. So it was media wasn't a big part of our lives. Maybe more radio, but Nothing that was you know, intrusive or sensation…”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 8:39 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024 positive
Insight
Birla: Attachment to extended family provides a broader emotional base
“When you're attached to so many people in the family, it gives you a broader base, a broader emotional base.”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 30:44 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Birla: About 4,000 employees have been with the group for 20+ years
“So I have about 4000 people who've been with me for 20 plus years.”
Kumar Mangalam Birla Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 2:13:37 Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath
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