India growing fast, has tremendous potential, says Blackstone co-founder

Stephen A Schwarzman on why he is still bullish on India, how loss makes for the deepest learning's, and how corporate culture is the difference between winning and losing

Blackstone's co-founder Stephen a Schwarzman has recently published his first book, What It Takes: Lessons In the Pursuit of Excellence, where he shares takeaways on how he helped build the world's largest private equity firm. He tells Pavan Lall why he is still bullish on India, how loss makes for the deepest learnings, and the reason corporate culture is the difference between winning and losing. Edited excerpts:

In your book, you mention how Tuhin Parikh’s (senior managing director, Blackstone India) comments on India's booming realty prices as a turning point grabbed your attention during a morning call. Given the scene