Unstoppable Kuldip Singh Dhingra and The Rise of Berger Paints

How do you go from being a shopkeeper to multi-billionaire in forty years?Kuldip Singh Dhingra the patriarch of the Dhingra family and the man credited with building Berger Paints has remained a mystery. He is low-profile eschews media and continues to operate from a small office in Delhi. In this candid and captivating biography Kuldip reveals his story for the first time. Kuldip lost his father to an accident early in his life. He and his brothers Sohan and Gurbachan started as shopkeepers in Amritsar. From an annual turnover of Rs. 10 lakh in 1970 the Dhingras have built a business with an annual turnover of over Rs. 7500 crore today. They are among the top thirty richest families in India with a net worth of over $ 4.5 billion.This never-before-told story of Kuldip moves from Amritsar to Europe to Delhi where he became the largest exporter to the Soviet Union in the 1980s. In 1990 the Dhingras bought Berger.From dealing with KGB to negotiating with the flamboyant Vijay Mallya from being pushed to sell arms to challenging big businesses-Unstoppable narrates what a man can achieve if he pursues his dreams relentlessly. About the Author Sonu Bhasin is one of the early and senior women professionals in the industry and had led businesses in senior leadership positions during her corporate career including director at ING Barings president Axis Bank group president Yes Bank. Currently Sonu is an independent director on boards of well-known companies.She is the founder of Families and Business (FAB) a platform for family businesses and the editor of Families & Business magazine.She can be reached at sonubhasinfab@hotmail.com.