There's No Such Thing as a Self-Made Man

by Pralhad P. Chhabria, Vijay P. Bhatkar (Foreword), Saaz Aggarwal (Narrator)

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.

Genres: Biography

242 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 1, 2012

Reviews

[Shrikant · Rating 5 out of 5]

- A story about the founder of Finolex Cables and Industries.
- An entrepreneur based in Pune.
- He started by performing menial tasks for others, then ventured into trading goods, and eventually began building his own products.
- This story sheds light on the lives of Sindhi people affected by partition and how they managed to
rebuild their lives.
- It's a company that overcame the challenges of the pre-liberalization period when economic conditions were unfavorable for businesses.

[Aditya · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the Best Business Autobiographies. Indian Prespective.. Would recommend to every Indian Entrepreneur