Book Review 13: The Inheritors by Sonu Bhasin.




Sonu Bhasin through her book, 'The Inheritors', brings before the readers a fascinating behind the scenes look into what goes behind prominent Indian brands like Marico, Dabur, Keventers, Berger Paints, Select Group, Max Group and many others. The book is an extremely interesting read and is informative as well. It mainly focuses on the nature and culture of family businesses in India. 

The book is divided into nine chapters and each chapter tells the story of a family-owned, well-known business. The author has covered the stories of Amit Burman of Dabur Group and Lite Bite Foods, Harsh Mariwala of Marico, Kuldip Singh Dhingra and Gurbachan Singh Dhingra behind Berger Paints, the founders of Motilal Oswal Group - Motilal Oswal and Raamdeo Aggarwal, young entrepreneur Agastya Dalmiya - who resurrected the Keventers, Tara Singh Vachani of Max Group, the lawyer couple Rishabh and Saloni Shroff of the law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Pooja Jain of the prominent writing instrument manufacturing brand Luxor, and Arjun Sharma of Select Group. 

The stories of these inheritors who have worked hard and paved their path to success are really inspiring. The author has beautifully narrated and depicted the true accounts of entrepreneurship and success. The book perfectly describes the challenges faced by the entrepreneurs, how they tactfully overcame the problems and expanded their businesses. 
The book belongs to the 'business' genre, and what makes it stand apart is the fact that this is not a very popular genre in India (compared to the other genres), and thus this genre remains not much explored. The author has done a commendable job by writing an interesting book about the Indian business scenario.

I personally liked the book and found each of the success stories to be equally interesting and inspiring. Sonu Bhasin has excellently portrayed the true nature of family businesses in India. The book besides having a professional tone has a personal feel to it. 

To every aspiring entrepreneur, this book is perfect for you. 


About the author : Sonu Bhasin is one of the early and senior women professionals in the industry and had led businesses in senior leadership positions during her corporate career, including director at ING Barings; president, Axis Bank; group president, Yes Bank. Currently, Sonu is an independent director on boards of well-known companies. She is the founder of Families and Business (FAB), a platform for family businesses, and the editor of Families & Business magazine.


My rating : 3.5 of 5 stars.
Publisher : Penguin Random House India.
First Published : October 2017
Pages : 304
Price : ₹299/-
Thanks to Writersmelon, for providing me with a review copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. 

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