Best Yet To Come
“The share price has gone up after my leaving. So, why are people worried about my leaving?”
e is one of admired and longest serving professional CEOs. During his 26-year stint at the top, Aditya Puri created India’s second-largest bank from scratch. He may be an inspiration for many entrepreneurs and CEOs, but Puri himself looks up to three others. “Jamie Dimon, Satya Nadella and Mukesh Ambani,” says Aditya Puri, who retired as CEO of HDFC Bank in October this year. He is being modest considering that he is in their league when it comes to shareholder returns, performance consistency and building a future-ready organisation. But he admires 64-year-old Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan Chase, for building the most reputed US bank; 53-year-old Nadella for transforming the culture of technology giant Microsoft; and 63-year-old Mukesh Ambani for the phenomenal deals and bets on data-driven telecom and modern retail businesses.
