Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Chairman of Aditya Birla Group, Kumar Mangalam Biral, has been named the ‘Global Entrepreneur of the Year in Business Transformation’ by The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE).
According to the official reports, Kumar Mangalam Biral was presented with the award at the two-day TiE Global Summit in Dubai, which is being attended by top business and policy honchos from 30 countries. The award acknowledged Birla’s extraordinary leadership of a globally diversified conglomerate during the unprecedented global turmoil created by the Covid-19 pandemic in the past two years.
Birla says “The pandemic brought to the fore the inherent resilience and agility of the group that enabled our businesses to reboot and renew. I receive this award on behalf of 1,40,000 colleagues from over 100 nationalities. The TiE has enabled the entrepreneurship culture to flourish through a unique style of nurturing, mentoring and networking.”
The report further added the other winners like- Elon Musk as ‘Global Entrepreneur of the Year-Immigrant Entrepreneur’, Jeff Bezos as ‘Global Entrepreneur of the Year-First Generation’ and Satya Nadella as ‘Global Entrepreneur of the Year-Entrepreneurial CEO’. The awardees were selected by an independent jury chaired by venture capitalist Tim Draper, the founder of Draper University.
