Leadership Style of

Kumar Mangalam
Birla.

Kumar Mangalam
Birla
Date of Birth: 14th June
1967
Qualification: B.Com, CA,
MBA
Alma Mater: University of
Mumbai,
Institute
of Chartered Accountants and
London Business School.

BEGINNING OF KUMAR MANGALAM

BIRLA
Emergence : Took over as the Chairman of Aditya Birla
Group in 1995 at the age of 28years when his father passed away.
Achievements : The Aditya Birla group is a $40 billion conglomerate
with 120,000 employees
Awards :
2010 : CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in Business
2005 : The Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year
2003 : The Lakshya - Business Visionary, Young Achiever, The
Business Leader of the Year,
The 2003 Institute of Marketing and Management for Excellence
2002 : Qimpro Platinum Standard, Amity Business School for
Excellence in Business

KEY POSITIONS HELD

Director on Central Board of Directors (RBI)
Chairman of Advisory committee of Ministry of Company
Affairs.
Served on PMs Advisory Council on Trade and Industry.
Convener on PMs ask Force on Administrative and Legal
Simplifications.
Chairman of SEBIs committee on Insider Trading

Style of Leadership
Kumar

Mangalam Birla follows a

Transformational style of
leadership.
He very well anticipated the
future, inspired others & with his
intellectual stimulant he took
Birla group to another height.

LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
Ability to take bold decisions.
Lowering the average employee age by setting a retirement age of
60 years was a very bold move

Complete confidence in himself.

He took the companys worth from $2 billion in 1995 to $40
billion in 2015.

Focus on Expansion.
In his career of 19 years so far, he has made around 36 acquisitions
which is remarkable by any industrialist.

Visionary personality.
Held several key positions.

 Meritocratic attitude.
The work environment is very important in determining how
enjoyable work is. It is very important to work with smart guys who
have a superior level of intellectual bandwidth and still have softer
skills as well.

Optimistic approach.
First create jobs, and then provide skills to people.

Risk - taking ability.

In 2007,he bought Novelis, a North American aluminum product
maker at $6 billion. It was the biggest takeover by his group that too
in the period of economic crisis.

Social Responsibilities.
Not only in India but also in Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Egypt
programs for healthcare, education, infrastructure and other social

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