Silicon Valley-dependent The Indus Business people (TiE) has conferred the World-wide Entrepreneur of the Calendar year Award- Small business Transformation on Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman Aditya Birla Group.

He is the 1st Indian industrialist to acquire this award for his management of a globally diversified conglomerate all through the pandemic.

Birla joins an distinctive checklist of worldwide business owners to obtain the award this year that involve Elon Musk (Global Entrepreneur of the Calendar year – Immigrant Entrepreneur), Jeff Bezos (International Entrepreneur of the Calendar year – First Generation) and Satya Nadella (Global Entrepreneur of the 12 months – Entrepreneurial CEO).

The awardees had been chosen by an impartial jury chaired by Enterprise Capitalist, Tim Draper, Founder, Draper College.

Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Team claimed the Group stands out for its tempo of action, range of corporations and breadth of its geographical presence. The pandemic brought to the fore the inherent resilience and agility of the team that enabled organizations to reboot and renew.

“I obtain this award on behalf of 140,000 colleagues from over 100 nationalities,” he mentioned.