‘I lost my cool 18 times in 29 years’: KM Birla tells Nikhil Kamath

Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of Aditya Birla Group, said he has lost his cool 18 times in 29 years. Birla was speaking to Nikhil Kamath in episode 5 of the billionaire’s show ‘People by WTF’, the trailer for which was released on Friday. The episode has not yet been published.

Nikhil Kamath can be seen asking Birla, “I read somewhere or someone said that you never lose your cool.”

Birla replied: “I have lost it 18 times in 29 years. For me it is a black mark, especially at work.”

Kamath said he watched all of Birla’s interviews over the years leading up to the interview and commented that there are “very few” available. He said he watched her interview from 26 years ago, to which Birla Pat said: “Simi Garewal”, referring to her television talk show, ‘Rendezvous with Simi Garewal’, which aired from 1997 to 2009.

Birla can also be seen turning the tables on Nikhil Kamath in the interview and asking him where he would invest if he had Rs 10 crore.

Separately, Birla, speaking at the silver anniversary of the Aditya Birla Scholarship program in Mumbai, said last month that the conglomerate is the largest Indian investor in the United States, with investments exceeding $15 billion and manufacturing operations. in 20 locations in 15 states. He expressed greater interest in investing in the United States.

Birla commented that today India is confident, dreams big and plays an important role in the global narrative, often being a pioneer.