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Dr Anji Reddy, 1941-2013, founder of Dr Reddy's Laboratories, India - https://www.drreddys.com/

from Life stories of Indian and South East Asian business leaders

As will become clear as you listen to this chapter, not only did Dr Reddy have a brilliant scientific mind but he was able to pick and develop drugs which were "winners".  The world was indeed fortunate that his cousin persuaded him to study chemistry rather than history!  The company he founded is now the 10th largest pharma company in India and in the top 50 world-wide - https://www.drreddys.com/.This episode is my reading of the chapter on his life in my book Added Value (Roli Books, 2010)Please note that these interviews took place some time ago - over 25 years ago in the case of the South East Asian life story book and around 10 to 15 years ago in the case of the two Indian life story books.  However, their stories are correct to the time of the interviews and the objective is to demonstrate the entrepreneurial skills they exhibited at the time of the interviews in building their businesses.

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As will become clear as you listen to this chapter, not only did Dr Reddy have a brilliant scientific mind but he was able to pick and develop drugs which were "winners". The world was indeed fortunate that his cousin persuaded him to study chemistry rather than history! The company he founded is now the 10th largest pharma company in India and in the top 50 world-wide - https://www.drreddys.com/. This episode is my reading of the chapter on his life in my book Added Value (Roli B...

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