Ambani’s stars align; beats Adani to become India’s richest individual

Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani on the Hurun rich list. This year, Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of Aditya Birla Group along with the Niraj Bajaj family of the Bajaj Group made a comeback this year, displacing Vinod Adani, brother of Gautam Adani and Uday Kotak of Kotak Securities from India’s top 10 wealthiest persons list. (Images sourced via Forbes India)

Mukesh Ambani, chairman and MD of Reliance industries secured the paramount position in this year’s Hurun list with a total wealth of Rs 8,08,700 crore. Ambani surpassed Gautam Adani, chairperson of Adani Group to achieve pole position.

IPG Mediabrands releases first ‘Media Responsibility Index’ in collaboration with MAGNA

This comprehensive approach equips brands to make discerning investment decisions, with consideration for brand and consumer safety in media strategies. (Representative Image: Nick Fewings via Unsplash)

The MRI India evaluates media platforms across four crucial Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) aligned priorities: Safety, Inclusivity, Sustainability, and Data Ethics.

Marketing can have phenomenal impact on society: Niti Kumar, Starcom

Marketers who can really clearly define short term as well as long term goals internally within their organizations, externally, to partners like agencies or like publishers and so on, and even to sales teams, dealers, etc. (Representative image by james Healy via Unsplash)

Starcom’s chief operating officer Niti Kumar on the impact of a visionary marketer.

Marketing cannot be run by pure common sense alone: MullenLowe Lintas’s Subbu

Visionary marketers devote a lot of time regularly to read about an emerging topic, take mentoring sessions from subject matter experts, read white papers on potential applications and so on. I have learned a lot from such people. (Representative image by Randi Tarampi via Unsplash)

MullenLowe Lintas Group’s Subramanyeswar S on what it takes to be a visionary marketer.

Consistency is a visionary marketer’s paramount quality: Yatin Balyan, Omnicom Media Group

Through consistency, visionary marketers are able to create an ecosystem where marketers believe in innovation, analysis and risk taking thereby creating the power to influence purchasing decisions. (Representative image by Nathan Dumlao via Unsplash)

What’s key is the consistency of delivering on objectives of brands and business, not just for a short time.

Visionaries build brands for life: Aditi Mishra, Lodestar UM

A visionary marketer has a holistic approach to the brand or the portfolio of brands that they manage because they are not just looking at the short term of sales, they are really looking and building brands for life.

Leading media investments company Lodestar UM’s Aditi Mishra on what it takes to be a Visionary marketer.