Speaking at the NDTV World Summit 2026 , he weighed in on the Indian business landscape, sharing his thoughts on succession and professionalism.
Gautam Singhania , the Chairman and Managing Director of Raymond Group, said he has “lost a large part of his family” to protect the company.
And I have a responsibility to them as well. “There are issues, and different groups, there are different issues. I’m lucky to be in a company where I’m the principal and only shareholder of the company. Singhania shared that dealing with public family conflicts was necessary to safeguard the organisation. “There is no complete man. It’s an infinite line, which is why it’s worked brilliantly for us. And the complete man is an aspiration.
Because i’ve lost a lot of my family to protect this organisation, during the conversation with NDTV’s Tamanna Inamdar, Singhania said, “I’ve been very fortunate that we’ve been able to address it,. “This organisation is not me; it’s the 50,000 families that work for my company. I think I’ve been very lucky that I’ve resolved 100% of these issues over the last 25 years.
He said that his major responsibility lies with the tens of thousands of families dependent on the company. It gives me the liberty to be able to do what I want to do, what I believe in and order,” he said. He said that a lack of clear financial division and future planning can leave companies vulnerable to internal conflicts. Singhania explained that the concept of a “complete man” is an ongoing aspiration rather than a fixed reality. He said that an individual can aspire to be a complete man, but can never become one. You can aspire to be the complete man; you can never become the complete man,” he said.
