"Relationships matter more than everything else"

Damodar Mall, CEO-Value Retail at Reliance Retail, believes in working till the end

 

 

First Job: Hindustan Lever Limited

 

First Big Break: Project in Sao Paulo, Brazil with Unilever. That's where I saw modern retail in a developing market

 

First Failure: Having to let go of my supermarket venture, after a thumping success of the model

 

Alternative Career: Business author of 'SupermarketWala: Secrets to Winning Consumer India'

 

Favourite Business Icon: Azim Premji

 

The Compnay You Admire The Most: Avenue Supermarkets (D-Mart): I incubated it

 

Key Learning In Your Career: Relationships matter more than everything else

If You Were Granted One Wish For Your Industry, What Would It Be? Increasingly educated, empowered women consumers

 

 

 

What Do You Like To Do The Most In Your Spare Time?

 

Play music, walk markets

 

Favourite Book: 'Store Wars'

 

Favourite Website: Ocado.com

 

Favourite Holiday Destination: Australia

 

Top Three Things You Want To Do At Some Point In Life:  

 

o Teach at a school

 

o Holiday all by myself

 

o Do a project with Azim Premji

 

What Makes You Smile?

 

A customer with loaded shopping bags!

 

Your Idea Of A Well Lived Life: Staying relevant, working till the end

 

Thing You Value The Most: RISHTEY (Relationships)