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Premium Content Vijay Mallya: A Maverick

by Vishnu Narasimhan - September 23, 2007

Leadership is a constant theme and emphasis at CMC. In fact, one of the ways we describe CMC students is “Leaders in the

Making.” Identify and discuss a person, fictional or nonfictional, who has helped shape culture and thought. You may select

someone from any field: literature, the arts, science, politics, history, athletics, business, education, etc.

Vijay Mallya, an Indian airline and brewing tycoon, is an unconventional businessman. He is the owner of the world’s second largest spirits company and also of one of India’s largest airlines, and his business success is one of many examples of the economic rise of India. However, even in a country where millionaires are springing up by the…

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