The Best Of Two Worlds: Gautam Singhania @ Fifty

MARWAR | Reality often belies perception. Gautam Hari Singhania may have over the years created a popular persona of flamboyance and good living, who is equally known for his passion for fast cars, adventure sports and socialising, as for being the Chairman & Managing Director of the country’s finest manufacturer of woolen fabrics with an international repute.

Singhania, the man at the helm of Raymond Limited, India’s leading manufacturer, marketer and retailer of worsted suiting fabrics over the last eight decades, meets us at the Raymond corporate office in Worli, Mumbai. Looking dapper in a Raymond made-to-measure pure wool suit, he arrives on time and is ready to get on with the interview.

His responses are quick and to the point, a trait that can be attributed to his latest passion—motor sport. “It started about four years ago,” he begins. “The desire to race was always there, but it had been many years since I had last raced. So, I decided to practise a little and see where I stood.”

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