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Yes Man â A Profile On The Rise And Fall Of Banker Rana Kapoor
by M R Subramani - Feb 14, 2021 05:12 AM
Rana Kapoor
Snapshot
Pavan C Lall, a financial journalist, in his new book, does a decent job of unmasking Rana Kapoor â whose idea and tenure at YES Bank brought him more disrepute than credit. Here s why it is a good read.
Yes Man: The Untold Story of Rana Kapoor. Pavan C. Lall. Harper Business. 240 pages. Rs 299.
Pavan C. Lall, a financial journalist who has worked for some of the reputed publications, has done a decent job in tracing the rise and fall of YES Bank Ltd, more particularly Rana Kapoor or the YES man in his book â
Express News Service
Ask any business journalist who knew Rana Kapoor, and the abiding image of the ex-Yes Bank chief he will replay is of a man who pushed himself and his achievements at all costs. This writer, once at a journalism awards event supported by Yes Bank, saw Rana Kapoor’s public relations team grabbing in advance the two seats on either side of the chair reserved for the chief guest. At that event, the chief guest was the then Union Minister of Law and Justice, Kapil Sibal. On inquiry, the PR team leader revealed this was the standing instruction - Rana Kapoor must be seated next to the chief guest, if he was a central minister.
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Book Title: Yes Man: The untold story of Rana Kapoor
Author: Pavan C Lall
Sanjay Khurana
The year was 2004 when a non-banking financial company applied for a licence to operate as a private bank. It bagged the licence and Yes Bank was born. It soon became the fourth largest private bank in the country.
Rana Kapoor was arrested last year after being booked under Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
It was founded by three partners Harkirat Singh, former head of Deutsche Bank in India; Ashok Kapur, former country head of ABN Amro Bank in India; and Rana Kapoor, former corporate banking head of ANZ Grindlays in India in collaboration with Rabo Bank of the Netherlands.