Post-crisis Adani is cranking up his IPO factory

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🗓️ 29 February 2024

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Indian tycoon Gautam Adani is on a comeback from a short-seller attack that stress-tested his $200 bln empire. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists explain how the spotlight impacted his group and look at the next crop of listed companies it is set to produce. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.2	We will transform the entire pot landscape.
0:32.6	We realize that there will be a competition from others.
0:40.3	But our confidence comes from our belief in the people of Israel and therefore our belief in the Israel growth story. That was Gatam Adani
0:49.3	speaking in Israel last year when he invested in the Heiferport. His empire and ability to churn out
0:56.3	IPO candidates is the focus of this week's views room. Welcome back to the views
1:02.9	a podcast from Reuters Breaking Views for columnists from around the world talk about the big
1:07.2	stories of the week. I'm your host, Amy Donnellan, coming to you from London.
1:13.5	Adani is a fascinating business figure that has captured global headlines over the past year
1:18.8	following an audacious short-seller attack. But he has recovered well and is focusing his energy
1:24.5	on building companies to list in his home country of India.
1:28.4	So I am delighted to be joined today by Una Galani, Asia editor of Breaking Views,
1:33.7	as well as Pranav Kieran, a columnist who has been covering this story.
1:43.4	Adani is one of Asia's richest men, and he is on a bit of a comeback.
1:49.2	Eunette, could you tell us, you've written an awful lot about Adani, all sorts of interesting views about his business and different things that he has done?
1:57.8	I just wondered if you could tell our listeners, just a really big
2:00.9	picture, who is Adani and how big is his business empire in India?
2:06.6	Hi, Amy. Yeah, that's a great question. Adani is one of, well, Adani family is one of India's
2:15.1	most powerful families today. But the Adani group, which he sits at the top of,
2:21.3	it's a group of nine or so listed companies with about $200 billion of market value.
2:27.3	It's one of the younger big conglomerates that we have today in India.
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