The Man Behind The Wheel: How Onkar S. Kanwar Created A Global Giant
Tim Bouquet . Rupa Publications India . English
In 1974, one of India's greatest post-Independence entrepreneurs Raunaq Singh acquired the license to operate a tyre company in Kerala. However, there was no factory. It was a company registered in name only. Apollo Tyres. Thanks to Onkar Singh Kanwar, Raunaq's eldest son, Apollo is today one of India's most successful automotive companies with a turnover in excess of $2 billion and factories across India and in Europe.
Categories: Fiction
About the Author
Tim Bouquet is an author and journalist who has reported on military conflicts, organized crime and international takeover battles across the world for leading publications including the Telegraph Magazine, The Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Reader�s Digest and Esquire. He is the author of a crime novel and two works of non-fiction, notably Cold Steel: Lakshmi Mittal and the Multi-Billion-Dollar-Battle for a Global Empire, which was shortlisted for the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year. He also broadcasts and teaches journalism and creative writing. He lives on the south coast of England and is a frequent visitor to India.
