Friday, June 11, 2010

Indian takes charge of East India Company

First flag of the Honourable East India CompanyImage via Wikipedia
With the re-launch of the East India Company - the world's first multinational whose forces once ruled much of the globe, its new Indian owner says he is overwhelmed by "a huge feeling of redemption".

It's been a long, emotional and personal journey for Sanjiv Mehta, a Mumbai-born entrepreneur who completed the process of buying the East India Company (EIC) in 2005 from the "30 or 40" people who owned it.
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