Uday Kotak's Next Move ; He Used a Combination of Timing and Talent to Build a Powerhouse. He's Got Plenty Going for Him. Can He Make the Big Leap to Take On Mightier Competitors? Rachna M. Koppikar Tells More.

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Bill Gates, Co-founder, Microsoft. Born October 28, 1955

Paul Allen, Co-founder, Microsoft: Born January 21, 1953

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Uday Kotak's Next Move ; He Used a Combination of Timing and Talent to Build a Powerhouse. He's Got Plenty Going for Him. Can He Make the Big Leap to Take On Mightier Competitors? Rachna M. Koppikar Tells More.

Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft. Born March 24, 1956

Steve Jobs, Co-founder, Apple Computer. Born February 24, 1955

Eric Schmidt, former CEO, Novell, current CEO, Google. Born April 27, 1955

Bill Joy, Co-founder, Sun Microsystems. Born November 8, 1954

Uday Kotak, Founder, Kotak Mahindra Group. Born March 15, 1959

Age: 50

Founded Kotak Mahindra Finance in: 1985

First business: Bill discounting

New business on the anvil: Multi-commodity exchange

Best known as: Deal maker, banker

Role models: No role models

Life philosophy: "If what you create does not outlive you, then you have failed

Little known fact: Used to be a cricketer and played the sitar

What's an Indian wunderkind in financial services doing on a list of Silicon Valley luminaries? After all, there's not much to compare certainly not on a scale of achievement, or size, or value. For crying out loud, they're from totally different sectors, to start with.

If there is a co...

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