26 August 2019
Dear Editor
Dear Editor,
When I started my career in the late 90s, fresh out of B-School, an era before the Internet, my source of knowledge was books and that of inspiration was men like Bill Gates. The more I read about him, the more I wanted to learn about being rich and how to get there. As a young IT professional, Warren Buffet too was my inspiration from whom I learnt one of the most important lessons of creating wealth - (buy into businesses and) stay in the game. In those days I also came across Peter Lynch’s One Up On The Wall Street that empowered me to think with clarity and simplicity.
Outlook towards money as a young boy and professional:
I grew up in a small town in Southern India. The financial constraints growing up shaped much of my attitude towards money. Very early on, I wanted to learn how to make money and learn how money grows. I spent a lot of time in...