Akhil Gupta is Managing Director of Bharti Enterprises & Joint Managing Director of Bharti Airtel Limited. |
"I feel a CEO needs to take decisions based on both intuition and information." says Akhil Gupta, but, "While you do need to have the capability to 'see around corners', that trait is more critical when kick-starting projects. But you can’t live your life on intuitions and gut-feelings".
Business environments, he goes on to say " . . . keep changing. Yet, some things are fundamental." As Group Managing Director of Bharti Enterprises—one of India’s leading business groups with interests in telecom, agri-business, insurance and retail—he is certainly in a position to know. A Chartered Accountant who attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, Mr. Gupta is closely associated with a wide range of strategic, financial, M&A and business performance issues within his company. In this interview he shares his views on connectivity, technology, climate change, and the role of regulators in the business world.
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