'It is all so childish'

Sanjay Kapoor, managing director, Genesis Colors, is always excited about being at work. He says with a broad smile, "It may sound cliched but I love my work." Kapoor, who started his working life at a foreign bank, soon realised that he preferred to be his own boss.

From that mindset started his journey of setting up, first, a fashion label, Satya Paul, then, a fashion retail chain, Samsaara, and, finally, getting a clutch of foreign luxury labels like Canali into India.

The three businesses are now consolidated under one company called Genesis Colors. Was leaving a bank job at a time when it was highly coveted easy? Says Kapoor, "It was an easy decision. The difficult part was starting the business. Neither I nor my partner came from business families. The initial years were tough."

Now that that phase is behind him, Kapoor is content that he took the plunge and isn't too perturbed by possible threats to the growing business from disparate directions