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I am like a junkie looking for his next fix: Sunil Mittal
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For the 52-year-old chairman and Group CEO of Bharti enterprises, this is that moment. A year after being spurned by the African telecom giant MTN, he is now back at the negotiating table. He is busy sewing up the deal that will give him the entrepreneurial pep that a stand-alone Bharti can no longer deliver.
As he prepares to give the final touch to the biggest M&A deal by an Indian company, Mittal takes time off to speak to Forbes
“MTN is a well thought out deal and has been in the works in some sense for a long time,” Mittal says. With Airtel’s reach set to cover as much as 90% of
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Mittal does not miss a chance to remind readers that Anil Ambani had come in last year and foiled his original bid. “World over, interlopers in any process are the norm. If you have an Alcoa, somebody will jump into it. If you’re close to getting Arcelor, somebody will jump in. You need to deal with it. We decided to walk away from it.”
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Mittal also cleared the air about his own ambitions. Yes, politics might have been a possibility five years ago, but gradually that thought has gone away. He doesn’t plan to get into politics, but wants to contribute to the nation in some other way. Well, not yet. “I haven’t cleared my table as yet to take any responsibilities. But who knows?”
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