This sense of timing is critical in industry as well, as we have seen in the next generation of the Bajaj family and in the trend-setting Ambanis. Dhirubhai was the pioneer, starting small, recognising opportunity and building the company. As India changed and began taking its place in the world, Reliance found that Mukesh Ambani, with his global outlook and ambition was the man for the occasion. Maybe it is purely an academic issue whether both father and son would have done equally well if the roles and timing, were reversed but Reliance certainly benefited enormously from having the right
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