A biography for Anand Mahindrahasn’t been written yet.
“I have fond memories of my kabaddi exploits at Lawrence School. I also enjoyed tennis and swimming.”
“To me, Scorpio was a big bet and a quantum leap in the kind of sophistication of our products. People forget that, apart from the Bolero and the Armada, until the nineties we never made hard-top vehicles.”
“I think a CEO lives or dies in whether he's been able to hold on to elements of culture that are needed in the company.”
“The Indian government is extraordinarily large, and it is difficult to try and believe that one leader can make all the change. This is a federal system.”
“You incubate a product in an atmosphere where that product is best incubated. So, for example, we incubated our electric scooter in California. Because it's low-volume manufacturing but high-intelligence, intensive manufacturing, we are starting in Michigan.”
“The government should find regulation to encourage ride-sharing companies. Rather than finding impediments for them, regulate them by all means... create a framework by which ride-sharing companies can survive.”
“The market will evolve into two segments: cars that provide ease of access to transport and are shared by many people, and cars that are exclusive, high-end symbols of the owner's status and aspirations.”
“You have to seed internal disruptors. You need sources of internal disruption. They don't guarantee your survival, but you have got to try.”
“Leaders don't look behind; they don't look to the side - they look ahead.”
“President Donald Trump's policies are not global but inward-looking.”
“My aspiration is that M&M become one of the most customer-centric organizations in the world. If we focus on understanding our customers, we will be able to develop customer-centric innovations.”
“I call America our emerging market. They find it very amusing when I said that.”
“The Rise credo is about accepting no limits, alternative thinking, and driving positive change - the three pillars.”
“You go into battle with your strengths.”
“It is imperative for us to protect the flora and fauna around us.”
“Shared ownership will always mean that you will never sell as many cars as might have been sold without shared mobility... if people are sharing cars, then obviously you are going to sell less cars than would have been sold otherwise. But it doesn't mean that you will have a deceleration in private cars; it just means that the growth will be lower.”
“I have always said that, more than 'big bang' reforms, it is every day what is happening, changing on the ground.”
“We're going to be selling our product to the American consumer. We want to have Americans who understand American consumers.”
“In 2001, I did some research and identified four characteristics that successful companies share. One, they aspire to be leaders in their businesses. Two, they have global potential. Three, they are innovative. Four, they display a ruthless focus on financial returns.”
“I don't think the disruptor and the business model of a disruptor necessarily is an indication of the topography of the future. If it did, you would say then that everyone will make high-end electric cars, when the answer is clearly no.”