It's important to reinvent yourself every decade: Marico founder Mariwala

Marico has evolved from a two-product company into a diversified consumer goods player

Mariwala talks to Viveat Susan Pinto and Niraj Bhatt about relinquishing day-to-day management to professionals, mentoring entrepreneurs and the activities of Marico Innovation Foundation.

The eighth floor office of Harsh Mariwala in the suburb of Santacruz, Mumbai, has little indication of his role as founder of Marico. A small “M” at the rear of the entrance and a nameplate of Marico Innovation Foundation among many other signages are the only giveaways that you are on the right floor. Not the typical Indian promoter, he relinquished his position of managing director when he was 63, handing over the reins of the