Comic Relief ; Ack Media Hopes to Tap the Large Captive Audience in India for These Titles and Then Look Beyond to a Sizeable Diaspora, Many of Whom Have Grown Up On These Comics.

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Samir Patil knows both the IT and animation markets well. The 36- year-old started Vertex Software in 1997-98 as a wide-eyed wannabe entrepreneur; after struggling for a few years, he headed to MIT, Sloan, for a management degree.

On graduating, Patil headed to consulting giant McKinsey & Co. for a six-and-a-half year stint with its media practice, before returning to once again pick up the reins of his tech start-up. And then last year, he sold it to NTT Data.

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Comic Relief ; Ack Media Hopes to Tap the Large Captive Audience in India for These Titles and Then Look Beyond to a Sizeable Diaspora, Many of Whom Have Grown Up On These Comics.

Patil has now pooled his expertise across these industries, to start ACK Media, a Mumbaiheadquartered media and animation company. The company's ini...

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