Kumar Mangalam Birla

Mangalam Birla was born on 14th June, 1967 in Rajasthan, India. After his B.Com from University of Bombay and CA from ICAI, he went to London for an MBA degree from London Business School. Kumar, 46 took over as the Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group in the year 1995. He held this position at a very young age of 28 after the death of his father. He was a Marwari but he shaped himself as the most renowned businessman over years. When Kumar Mangalam Birla took over the reins of the group in 1995, the turnover was only $US2 billion and overseas operations accounted for a very small part of the overall business with Egypt, Thailand and Indonesia being major centres. Under his leadership the group's turnover increased to $40 billion and it has expanded operations to more than 40 countries. 60 percent of the group's revenues now come from abroad, and employ more than 130,000 people. Aditya Birla Group has been a meritocratic organization and shaped as a multi-ethnic and multi-dimensional empire with strength of committed employees spanned around 42 countries across the globe.

BIRLA GROUPAditya Birla Bizlabs will be looking at startups which offer innovative solutions in the areas of Retail, Financial Services or Mobility. These are also the industries where the Group enjoys leadership positions via its businesses: Idea Cellular, More, Pantaloons, Madura Fashion & Lifestyle and Aditya Birla Financial Services. Its mandate is to collaborate with innovative startups and provide them with the opportunity to scale up in a large operating business environment.

Aditya Birla Bizlabs is a 20 day program, during which shortlisted startups will be provided access to the CEOs and CXOs of the Aditya Birla Group, and the chance to network with reputed industry experts. In addition, the selected startups will have the opportunity to scale up by entering into a commercial arrangement with the Group’s businesses. They may also receive an investment from an independent arm of the Aditya Birla Group.

AWARDS

• 2010 CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in Business

• 2005 The Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year

• 2003The Lakshya - Business Visionary, Young Achiever, The Business Leader of the Year, The 2003 Institute of Marketing and Management for Excellence

• 2002Qimpro Platinum Standard, Amity Business School for Excellence in Business