In the decade since he found himself in his father's large shoes, Kumar Mangalam Birla has forged a career that could make him the biggest Birla of them all. When his father, Aditya Vikram Birla, died of prostrate cancer 10 years back, very few people thought this shy and obsessively low-profile young son would be able to take over from his father. Today, when Kumar Mangalam Birla, 38, talks about his dream of the Aditya Birla Group entering the Fortune 500 league, the world sits up and listens. Consider the figures: the turnover of the group, which has 16 companies and joint ventures in India and 22 separate international companies, mostly in South-east Asia, was worth Rs 15,000 crore (Rs 150 billion) in 1995.

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