tailieunhanh - Stay Hungry Stay Foolish_6

Tham khảo tài liệu 'stay hungry stay foolish_6', kỹ năng mềm, kỹ năng tư duy phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 16_The Banker who 7 19 08 3 11 PM Page 192 STAY HUNGRY STAY FOOLISH 192 THE BANKER WHO BLINKED Jerry Rao PGP 73 Mphasis A career Citibanker Jaitirth Jerry Rao was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug in his late 40s. He built up a large and profitable company Mphasis but recently sold out to EDS because business is about passion as well as knowing when to let go. 16_The Banker who -7 19 08 3 11 PM Page 193 THE BANKER WHO BLINKED 193 He built a corporate career. Then he built a company. Now he s sold it and moved on. Jaitirth Rao or Jerry as he is better known does not mix emotions with entrepreneurship. Being attached to the company you create is moha he says. You have to do what s best for the business and if that means selling out so be it. There are absolutely no regrets. We meet at his Alexandra Road residence on a weekday afternoon. It s a fancy address but not one of those newfangled skyscrapers. The house is modern comfortable but rather spartan for someone who s done really well ifor himself. No moha in that area of life either. Jerry is lingering over his lunch. Perhaps that is what you call true luxury - to have time on your hands. Books occupy the entire room from floor to ceiling. But not for effect alone Jerry has read most of them. He is now writing a book and there are other plans but he will share them when the time is right. Right now it s time to look back and reflect on the journey so far. 16_The Banker who 19 08 3 11 PM Page 194 STAY HUNGRY STAY FOOLISH 194 THE BANKER WHO BLINKED Jerry Rao PGP 73 Mphasis I was doing my BSc Chemistry and of course my dad worked with the government so he was keen that I should go into the IAS. But one had heard vaguely about is in the early 70s. And so one applied. Evidently the MBA was a pretty unknown commodity in 1971. In fact Jaitirth Rao landed up at IIM Ahmedabad because of a technical problem. At age 19 he was too young to sit for the IAS