Sunil Bharti Mittal Interview on Becoming a Better Entrepreneur and Leader

KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON ARCHIVES: When Sunil Bharti Mittal started in business more than 30 years ago in Ludhiana in Northern India, he borrowed $1,500 to make bicycle crankshafts. Today, he heads Bharti Enterprises, whose flagship company, Bharti Airtel, is India's largest mobile phone operator. Forbes magazine, which estimates Mittal's net worth at some $14.5 billion, ranks him among Asia's self-made billionaires. In 2008, Mittal spoke with India Knowledge@Wharton at the U.S.-India Business Council's 33rd annual meeting in Washington, D.C., about lessons as an entrepreneur and leader he has learned during his career. Among them: When faced with a choice between perfection and speed, choose speed; perfection will follow.

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