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Tariq Premji, the younger son of Wipro chairman Azim Premji, has been appointed to the board of Wipro Enterprises, the $1.23 billion privately held non-IT business that makes soaps such as Santoor and builds aerospace sub-systems for plane makers like Airbus and Boeing.
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Tariq Premji joins board of Wipro Enterprises\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/64501965.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cpps<\/a>t<\/div>\n
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Even as engineering group Kirloskar is negotiating the sale of its flagship business, the family has decided to diversify into the financial services space by launching a new non-banking financial company (NBFC), Kirloskar Capital.<\/div>\n
Kirloskars get ready to diversify into financial services with new NBFC\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/64489035.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst<\/a><\/div>\n
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Walmart India is planning to scale up its kirana store programme called Mera Kirana that helps small family-owned grocery stores modernise, while also opening a new fulfilment centre as part of a pilot run in a bid to expand its cash-and-carry footprint at a faster clip.<\/div>\n
After Flipkart deal, Walmart India looks to scale up kirana store business<\/strong><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/Companies\/dOydx4hB1VEaNMaYIoj0IO\/After-Flipkart-deal-Walmart-India-looks-to-scale-up-kirana.html<\/a><\/div>\n
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Farhad Forbes elected global chairman of Family Business International<\/strong><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/business\/business\/farhad-forbes-elected-global-chairman-of-family-business-international201806071901100002\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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Tariq Premji, the younger son of Wipro chairman Azim Premji, has been appointed to the board of Wipro Enterprises, the $1.23 billion privately held non-IT business that makes soaps such as Santoor and builds aerospace sub-systems for plane makers like Airbus and Boeing. Tariq Premji joins board of Wipro Enterprises\u00a0 https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/64501965.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Even as engineering group […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNews from Wipro,Kirloskar and Walmart house- Family Business blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tariq Premji joins board of Wipro ..Walmart India looks to scale up kirana store business... 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