R. Gopalakrishnan

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R. Gopalakrishnan


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R. Gopalakrishnan has been a professional manager for forty years. He has a wealth of practical managerial experience, initially in Unilever and more recently in the Tata Group. He has lived and worked in India, the UK and Saudi Arabia, and has travelled extensively all over the world. He began his career in 1967 as a computer analyst with Hindustan Lever after studying physics at Kolkata and electronics engineering at IIT, Kharagpur. He worked in the marketing function before moving to general management. During his years with Unilever, he was based in Jeddah as CEO of the Arabia unit; later, he was managing director of Brooke Bond Lipton India and then vice-chairman with Hindustan Lever. He has been president of the All India Management A ...more

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“If a family had to go far from the village to find a match for their daughter, it was viewed with suspicion.”
R. Gopalakrishnan, A Comma in a Sentence

“You have to manage yourself before trying to manage other people or large enterprises—manage your physical self, your mental self and your happiness.”
R. Gopalakrishnan, A Comma in a Sentence



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