Former HUL Chairman: How He Built a $76B Company Without Shortcuts | Sanjiv Mehta | Mukul Deora | Ep 31

In this episode of The Secret Sauce Podcast, Mukul Deora speaks with the former CEO of Hindustan Unilever about crisis, ambition, failure, ethics and the mindset required to build a high-performance company. Sanjiv shares how his time in the Bhopal crisis team shaped his belief that businesses must serve society, not just shareholders. The conversation covers the hard parts of leadership: taking decisions without complete information, creating a culture where people can talk about failure, choosing the spirit of the law over shortcuts, building teams that speak freely, and staying humble even while chasing big ambition. This is a conversation for anyone who wants to build better companies, better teams and a better leadership mindset.Watch till the end for lessons on performance, ethics and leadership from one of India’s most respected CEOs.