Mahesh Bhupathi may have lost the finals of the US Open to former team-mate Leander Paes, but he is going great guns as the CEO for Globosport, his celebrity management company. He talks to Forbes India on how life in the corporate courts.
At Globosport, people believe you are the numbers guy and also the one driving strategy. That’s surprising considering you have played tennis almost all your life. Where does the business part of you come from?
Does the business acumen come from his dad, you mean? It must be. I mean I am kind of uneducated and my dad is a chartered accountant so it must be coming from him. I have played tennis all my life so there is a lot to learn and a lot to achieve still as we are a fairly young company. I constantly like talking to people, picking people’s brains and I am very fortunate that I am able to mingle with a lot of corporates. So I am constantly learning. I am the risk-taker and Anirban (Globosport CEO) is not.