Originally posted by: jbforever
She has it going goooddd
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Meet the young guns who will lead India's top firms
Last updated on: May 25, 2010 14:28 IST
Varun Thapar, son of Vikram Thapar, grandson of Inder Mohan Thapar and great-grandson of Karam Chand Thapar, is wealthy enough to put up his feet and enjoy the rest of his life; still, he was put through a rigorous education and training regimen before his induction.
After Modern School, New Delhi, he went to Brown University in the United States, an Ivy League college, where he double-majored in European history and economics.
"My father was very strict about academics. 'You need professional qualification,' he always said, 'Work with the best minds and know enough so that you can keep pace with them,'" says Thapar.
After graduation, he spent a year working for The Exeter Group in New Orleans, implementing ERP systems in higher education institutes. "I wanted the experience of the consulting lifestyle," says he.
The Thapars are a family of beautiful people. His older sister, Ayesha, has appeared on the cover of Maxim. Thapar himself was persuaded into a photo-shoot with his sisters for Christian Dior.
Despite all that, when he returned to India, his father and grandfather insisted that he start the hard way -- visiting coal dispatch centres [this branch of the Thapar family owns the closely held, hugely profitable KCT & Bros (Coal Sales) Ltd] in places like Bilaspur, Talcher, Paradip, Ranchi and Dhanbad.
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