The international stock market trading industry is a dog-eat-dog world that only the fittest will survive, so to speak. Pär Olof Sandå has certainly proven himself to be a leader in the industry through the widely recognized Pan Capital Group or the Pan Capital Aktiebolag. His renown as an entrepreneur and developer is also worldwide in scale with successful projects including the redevelopment of the North Beach Village, an area composed of resorts and hotels in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Born in Skane County, Sweden, Sandå attended the Lunds Universitet and acquired a bachelor’s degree in economics. While he continues to enjoy a trailblazing career in business and finance, he prefers to keep a low profile for his family’s sake especially their privacy.
His success, nonetheless, speaks for itself. Soon after his university graduation, Sandå became an institutional broker at Stockholm Brokerage where his talents where recognized especially by Bo Mattson, the trading director. He transferred to Swedbank in 1990 when Mattson encouraged him to do so and where he continued to thrive in the highly competitive environment.
While in Swedbank, Sandå expanded his circle of associates to include Tony Saliba, Claes-Henrik Julander, Fredrik Landin, Magnus Hedman, Henrik Hedman, and Richard Warneker. Their aggressive trading practices resulted in Swedbank’s increases market share and earnings.
The group joined Rivus in September 1996 but it was a short-lived stint. By 1997, the group started its partnership with Erick Penser, which resulted in the formation of Pan Capital. By 2009, however, the partnership ended and Pan Capital became an independent entity.
Today, Pan Capital Group has offices in Stockholm and Florida. While the international stock trading company is a prominent member of several major stock exchanges worldwide, it is known for its extremely private approach regarding its private practices including keeping out of the public eye. Even its top executives are known for their extreme reluctance to be interviewed.
According to estimates made by Affärsvärlden, approximately 95 percent of Pan Capital’s transactions are completed outside of Sweden.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Friday, January 8, 2016
Prannoy Roy: Television Is His Life and Career
Prannoy Lal Roy considers television as both his career and life – and it shows in his accomplishments in the industry. He is, after all, the co-founder and executive co-chairperson along with Radhika Roy, his wife, of New Delhi Television (NDTV) as well as a well-respected journalist and media personality in India.
Prannoy has a brilliant mind, too. After his graduation from The Doon School, he was awarded a scholarship to the Haileybury and Imperial Service College in the United Kingdom. He is also a British Chartered Accountant, a holder of a master’s degree in economics, and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
He has also been recognized for his work as an author, economist, and analyst with focus on elections in his home country. He was the lead anchor for Doordarshan, Indian’s national television network, for budget and election specials as well as an analyst for BBC World News' Question Time India.
Prannoy has a brilliant mind, too. After his graduation from The Doon School, he was awarded a scholarship to the Haileybury and Imperial Service College in the United Kingdom. He is also a British Chartered Accountant, a holder of a master’s degree in economics, and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
He has also been recognized for his work as an author, economist, and analyst with focus on elections in his home country. He was the lead anchor for Doordarshan, Indian’s national television network, for budget and election specials as well as an analyst for BBC World News' Question Time India.
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Kalanithi Maran: Media Baron of India
Kalanithi Maran is a media baron in India because of his position as the Sun Group’s managing director as well as his ownership of several companies engaged in the print and broadcast productions, even a movie production house. He owns newspapers and weeklies, television channels and FM radio stations, and DTH services across India, a feat that makes him among the country’s most influential persons. He has also owned a major share in Spice Jet, an Indian airline, from 2010 to 2015.
To name a few of the businesses that he owns:
Maran started his media career with Poomaalai, a monthly video news magazine in the Tamil language in 1990 but it ceased operations by 1992. Being the determined person that he was, Maran started another company through a US$86,000 bank loan, Sun TV, on April 1993. By April 1996, SUN TV was already listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, which resulted in his new status as a billionaire.
By 2010, he was among India’s richest men with an estimated US$4 billion net worth as well as the highest paid businessman in the country. For the period 2011-2012, he earned US$9.3 million – the second-highest paid Indian executive behind MP Naveen Jindal.
For his achievements, he has been awarded the Young Businessman Awards from Ernst & Young and CNBC. He is also the Television King of Southern India according to Forbes magazine.
To name a few of the businesses that he owns:
- Sun Network, which owns and operates several television channels in South India
- Sun Direct DTH, which offers direct-to-home broadcasting services
- Red FM, a multi-lingual radio
- Suryan FM, a Tamil radio
- Sun 18, a company engaged in the distribution of its channels via DTH, cable, IPTV, MMDSk, and HITS
- Sun Pictures, a movie production house that specializes in Tamil films
- Sun Cable Vision and Sumangli Cable, which are cable television distribution companies
- Tamil Murasi, a company that produces Tamil evening newspapers
- Dinakaran, a daily newspaper in the Tamil language
- Kunkumam, Vannathirai, Muthaaram, Kunguma Chimizh, which are Tamil magazines
- Sunrisers Hyderabad, an IPL team
Maran started his media career with Poomaalai, a monthly video news magazine in the Tamil language in 1990 but it ceased operations by 1992. Being the determined person that he was, Maran started another company through a US$86,000 bank loan, Sun TV, on April 1993. By April 1996, SUN TV was already listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, which resulted in his new status as a billionaire.
By 2010, he was among India’s richest men with an estimated US$4 billion net worth as well as the highest paid businessman in the country. For the period 2011-2012, he earned US$9.3 million – the second-highest paid Indian executive behind MP Naveen Jindal.
For his achievements, he has been awarded the Young Businessman Awards from Ernst & Young and CNBC. He is also the Television King of Southern India according to Forbes magazine.
Friday, January 1, 2016
Trishneet Arora’s Expertise Lies in Cyber Security
Trishneet Arora is one of the world’s best up-and-coming cyber security experts and entrepreneur. Despite his young age - he was born on 2 November 1993 – he has already written authoritative books on ethical hacking, cyber security, and web defense.
He is the founder of TAC Security Solutions, a company that provides world-class cyber security solutions and systems designed to protect corporations against various cyber threats including data theft and network vulnerabilities. His clients include Central Bureau of Investigation and Reliance Industries as well as the Punjab Police and Gujarat Police in India; in case of the police, he assists the law enforcers in cybercrime investigations and conducts training sessions for officials.
TAC Security Solutions provides specialized services known as Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing. The services are designed to considerably reduce the risks for hacking and, thus, to increase the client’s sustainability and profitability in its competitive environment.
Arora has been recognized for his cyber security work with awards like the State Award of India and the 2015 Punjabi Icon Award by PCHB.
He is the founder of TAC Security Solutions, a company that provides world-class cyber security solutions and systems designed to protect corporations against various cyber threats including data theft and network vulnerabilities. His clients include Central Bureau of Investigation and Reliance Industries as well as the Punjab Police and Gujarat Police in India; in case of the police, he assists the law enforcers in cybercrime investigations and conducts training sessions for officials.
TAC Security Solutions provides specialized services known as Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing. The services are designed to considerably reduce the risks for hacking and, thus, to increase the client’s sustainability and profitability in its competitive environment.
Arora has been recognized for his cyber security work with awards like the State Award of India and the 2015 Punjabi Icon Award by PCHB.
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Chirag Kulkarni and His Passion for Artificial Intelligence
Chirag Kulkarni continues to translate his passion for artificial intelligence in his business ventures. As a serial Internet entrepreneur, his most successful venture so far is Insightfully, a technology company that utilizes cross-platform search and predictive analytics in creating a more integrated and robust network for its clients.
Insightfully uses its clients’ social context in discovering where their resources and skillsets can be used to assist others and, in the process, become more effectively and efficiently engaged with their professional networks. Basically, each client’s network including Facebook and Twitter are synched into a central database where the company’s proprietary algorithm are used in predicting what the network has been doing and where the client can be valuable. The engagement platform is currently most popular among enterprise employees and micro-communities for this reason.
Kulkarni is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Insightfully. He co-founded the technology company with Ajay Saini and Jingyu Li on 27 March 2015 when they were fresh graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
As proof of Insightfully’s innovative software, the company was recognized as a "2015 Startup to Watch" during the Canadian Internet marketing conference. Insightfully was recognized as one of the 10 companies to watch out for in 2016 according to the Huffington Post; one of the social media tools in the future by Inc.com; and one of 6 companies that investors should pay attention to in 2016 according to Tech Cocktail.
Aside from Insightfully, Kulkarni has also founded and led other business ventures. He was also a co-founder and CEO of STR, a tennis racquet stringing venture focused on both business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets. He was a co-founder and chief financial officer of an iOS strategic networking application known as Mingle.
He was also the founder of C&M Group, a consulting firm that provided expert assistance in product innovation and business growth to the startups in Fortune 500 companies’ investment portfolios. One of its most prominent clients is Berkshire Hathaway.
Kulkarni is indeed a widely respected thought leader and expert in the industry especially in terms of sales, marketing, and business strategy.
Insightfully uses its clients’ social context in discovering where their resources and skillsets can be used to assist others and, in the process, become more effectively and efficiently engaged with their professional networks. Basically, each client’s network including Facebook and Twitter are synched into a central database where the company’s proprietary algorithm are used in predicting what the network has been doing and where the client can be valuable. The engagement platform is currently most popular among enterprise employees and micro-communities for this reason.
Kulkarni is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Insightfully. He co-founded the technology company with Ajay Saini and Jingyu Li on 27 March 2015 when they were fresh graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
As proof of Insightfully’s innovative software, the company was recognized as a "2015 Startup to Watch" during the Canadian Internet marketing conference. Insightfully was recognized as one of the 10 companies to watch out for in 2016 according to the Huffington Post; one of the social media tools in the future by Inc.com; and one of 6 companies that investors should pay attention to in 2016 according to Tech Cocktail.
Aside from Insightfully, Kulkarni has also founded and led other business ventures. He was also a co-founder and CEO of STR, a tennis racquet stringing venture focused on both business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets. He was a co-founder and chief financial officer of an iOS strategic networking application known as Mingle.
He was also the founder of C&M Group, a consulting firm that provided expert assistance in product innovation and business growth to the startups in Fortune 500 companies’ investment portfolios. One of its most prominent clients is Berkshire Hathaway.
Kulkarni is indeed a widely respected thought leader and expert in the industry especially in terms of sales, marketing, and business strategy.
Friday, December 25, 2015
Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy Is Ready for Competition
GVK, a Hyderabad-based conglomerate engaged in the development of infrastructures in the energy, transportation, hospitality, and life sciences as well as resources industry, is one of the industry leaders – and credit for its stature largely goes to Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy. As the founder chairman and managing director of the infrastructure conglomerate, he possesses the charismatic leadership, strong vision, and entrepreneurial savvy that he continues to apply in the company. He is also aptly considered a pioneer in the power plant industry since GVK set up India’s first independent power generation plant in 1997.
Reddy started his business career when his father allowed him to manage the family’s small construction firm. He soon branched out into the manufacturing sector by establishing Novopan Industries, a company based in North Carolina.
For his business achievements, Reddy has been awarded with several awards including Infrastructure Person of the Year 2014 during the Construction Week India Awards; Lifetime Achievement Award during the India Aviation 2014 conference; and the Padma Bhushan, among others.
Reddy started his business career when his father allowed him to manage the family’s small construction firm. He soon branched out into the manufacturing sector by establishing Novopan Industries, a company based in North Carolina.
For his business achievements, Reddy has been awarded with several awards including Infrastructure Person of the Year 2014 during the Construction Week India Awards; Lifetime Achievement Award during the India Aviation 2014 conference; and the Padma Bhushan, among others.
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao Paving the Way to Progress and Development
Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao is one of the few Indians who can rightfully say that, indeed, they are paving the way for progress and development in their country. He is, after all, the founder and chairman of the GMR Group, an international infrastructure developer, builder, and operator based in India. He is also a world-class mechanical engineer and billionaire industrialist as well as generous philanthropist.
As founder chairman of GMR Group, which he established in 1978, he has led its growth into the global market. Today, the global conglomerate has an active presence in seven countries with stakes in highways, airports, and energy structures as well as in large urban developments. GMR Group is also well-known for developing, building and operating national assets in India, an accomplishment that Rao has been recognized by the public and private sectors.
Born into an upper middle-class family engaged in commodities trading and jewelry, Rao became a junior engineer at the Andhra Pradesh Government after his graduation from Andhra University. But his entrepreneurial spirit soon asserted itself and he went into business starting with commodities trading.
He ventured into other businesses including a jute mill, which he used as leverage in acquiring other assets. He eventually divested his business interests in several industries, established Vysya Bank with ING as a collaborator, and entered the energy and infrastructure industries.
His entry into the energy industry became his ticket to becoming India’s leading infrastructure asset developer in terms of asset size, revenues, and market capitalization. Among the assets that his conglomerate owns is Hyderabad's International Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
Furthermore, the GMR Group is known as one of India’s most respected and trusted brands. Rao has also received accolades including the 2007 Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
His generosity is just as well-known in India through the GMR Varalakshmi Foundation, a non-profit organization that serves the underserved peoples in 2 locations.
As founder chairman of GMR Group, which he established in 1978, he has led its growth into the global market. Today, the global conglomerate has an active presence in seven countries with stakes in highways, airports, and energy structures as well as in large urban developments. GMR Group is also well-known for developing, building and operating national assets in India, an accomplishment that Rao has been recognized by the public and private sectors.
Born into an upper middle-class family engaged in commodities trading and jewelry, Rao became a junior engineer at the Andhra Pradesh Government after his graduation from Andhra University. But his entrepreneurial spirit soon asserted itself and he went into business starting with commodities trading.
He ventured into other businesses including a jute mill, which he used as leverage in acquiring other assets. He eventually divested his business interests in several industries, established Vysya Bank with ING as a collaborator, and entered the energy and infrastructure industries.
His entry into the energy industry became his ticket to becoming India’s leading infrastructure asset developer in terms of asset size, revenues, and market capitalization. Among the assets that his conglomerate owns is Hyderabad's International Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
Furthermore, the GMR Group is known as one of India’s most respected and trusted brands. Rao has also received accolades including the 2007 Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
His generosity is just as well-known in India through the GMR Varalakshmi Foundation, a non-profit organization that serves the underserved peoples in 2 locations.
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