The life of Ashneer Grover

Brut India

Diligent student, biker, hopeless romantic... meet Ashneer Grover. ️

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00:00The first deal was worth $400 million.

00:01I mean, it was almost a deal worth Rs. 1,600-2,000 crores.

00:05I left Kotak when I thought they'd call me to Bombay.

00:08I'm not a Bombay guy.

00:09I'm a hardcore Delhi guy.

00:10You can't become a big man just by doing a job.

00:15Hi.

00:15This is Harshini Grover from Root.

00:17This is all a double-edged sword.

00:21I was quite studious in school.

00:23Not so much till 5th grade.

00:24But after 5th grade, I was quite studious.

00:27I used to come in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade.

00:29I was a quiet, studious, teacher's favourite kind of student.

00:33I was quite good in Chemistry.

00:35People used to cry a lot about Chemistry.

00:37They used to prefer Maths and Physics.

00:39But I got admitted to IIT because I broke Chemistry.

00:43My Maths, Quants and Physics were fine.

00:47But Chemistry was quite solid.

00:53I'm still an introvert.

00:55I've become a public figure.

00:56People think I'm an extrovert when I come on TV.

00:59But fundamentally, I'm an introvert.

01:01I've been an introvert since school days.

01:04I didn't talk much.

01:05I used to get scolded a lot.

01:06I used to say, if a guest comes to your house, talk to him.

01:08I used to have a good one-on-one conversation with people.

01:11But when there's a crowd, I'd go into a shell.

01:17During my IIT days, I used to go on a bike.

01:21That was the only 3 years I was allowed to ride a bike.

01:25It was quite good.

01:26My campus was shorter than the hostel.

01:31There was no red light.

01:32I have good memories of riding a bike.

01:39I met him in the Career Launcher.

01:40We were preparing for CAT.

01:43I followed him and asked him to have lunch with me.

01:47He didn't listen to me.

01:48His initial review wasn't good either.

01:50He asked one of his friends.

01:51He said, he's just like that. Stay away from him.

01:53So, my product review wasn't good.

01:55But eventually, I was...

01:56I am still very persevering.

01:58I have to take up the challenge.

02:00I was clear that eventually, I have to get married to him.

02:06I worked in Kotak for almost 7 years.

02:08It was very good.

02:09I got to work with big businessmen directly.

02:12I had big numbers from the start.

02:14My first deal was worth $400 million.

02:16It was a deal worth almost Rs. 1,600-2,000 crores.

02:20I left Kotak when I thought they'd call me to Bombay.

02:22I'm not from Bombay.

02:23I'm from hardcore Delhi.

02:25So, I left Kotak when I thought they'd call me to Bombay.

02:28I joined a group first.

02:31My friend, Alvinder Deedsa, started it.

02:34While working there, I developed a muscle as a founder.

02:39When I left the group, within 6-8 months, I started working in India.

02:44I was confident that I'll be able to eat and earn.

02:48It's about getting out of the comfort zone of a job.

02:51Whether you want to play a big game or stay in that comfort zone.

02:54I think my wife was very supportive.

02:56So, I thought, let's go into business and do something.

02:59I fundamentally believe that you can't become a big man just by working.

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