Chhabria, Pralhad P.
There's No Such Thing as a Self-Made Man - Pune Vishwakarma Publications 2016 - 239
This is the true story of Pralhad P. Chhabria, a young Indian boy who had nothing - no money, no contacts, not even any education - and began a small business which grew to become one of India's largest cable and pipe companies, Finolex.
P. P. Chhabria was born in 1930 to a wealthy family. But his father died when he was only 12 and he was sent to work as a cleaning boy in a small cloth shop in Karachi for a monthly wage of Rs. 10. He lived briefly in Amritsar and moved to Poona in 1945.
Working his way through stints as a domestic servant, a collection agent, a trader in electrical accessories, and a supplier of defence contracts, he flourished with the unrelenting instinct of the entrepreneur. He established Finolex in 1958 along with his younger brother Kishan or K.P. Chhabria. The company is now the number one manufacturer of cables in India, and second only to Reliance in the manufacture of PVC resin.
Contents:
1. Krachi, 1942 My Inerrupted Childhood
2. Lakshmi Road, Poona, 1945 Independence
3. Karve Road, Poona, 1952 Men and Mechines
4. Pimpri, 1962 A Fine Stretch of Land
5. Milwaukee, 1975 Tradedy and Inner Strength
6. Ratnagiri, 1990 Global Finolex
7. Hinjewadi, 2000 Building the Future
978-93-83572-19-9
Allied Informatics, Jaipur
Economics
Entrepreneurship
338.092 / CHH
There's No Such Thing as a Self-Made Man - Pune Vishwakarma Publications 2016 - 239
This is the true story of Pralhad P. Chhabria, a young Indian boy who had nothing - no money, no contacts, not even any education - and began a small business which grew to become one of India's largest cable and pipe companies, Finolex.
P. P. Chhabria was born in 1930 to a wealthy family. But his father died when he was only 12 and he was sent to work as a cleaning boy in a small cloth shop in Karachi for a monthly wage of Rs. 10. He lived briefly in Amritsar and moved to Poona in 1945.
Working his way through stints as a domestic servant, a collection agent, a trader in electrical accessories, and a supplier of defence contracts, he flourished with the unrelenting instinct of the entrepreneur. He established Finolex in 1958 along with his younger brother Kishan or K.P. Chhabria. The company is now the number one manufacturer of cables in India, and second only to Reliance in the manufacture of PVC resin.
Contents:
1. Krachi, 1942 My Inerrupted Childhood
2. Lakshmi Road, Poona, 1945 Independence
3. Karve Road, Poona, 1952 Men and Mechines
4. Pimpri, 1962 A Fine Stretch of Land
5. Milwaukee, 1975 Tradedy and Inner Strength
6. Ratnagiri, 1990 Global Finolex
7. Hinjewadi, 2000 Building the Future
978-93-83572-19-9
Allied Informatics, Jaipur
Economics
Entrepreneurship
338.092 / CHH