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Trump's sparring with China is good for biz: Raymond's Gautam Singhania

Singhania tells Pavan Lall how he keeps tabs on the goings-on in his company while not being involved day to day

Gautam Singhania. Illustration by Binay Sinha
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Illustration by Binay Sinha

Pavan Lall
Clad in a V-necked, orange pima  cotton T-shirt emblazoned with his team logo “GHS”, grey track pants and Tommy Hilfiger flip flops, Gautam Hari Singhania, chairman and managing director of the Raymond Group, is meeting me on a warm afternoon at the JK House, Raymond’s headquarters on Warden Road. I am directed to the Atelier Lounge, which is part high-end boutique and part men’s upscale country club, which features a bar replete with single malts, an exhaustive French wine list, and a gigantic 12-foot flat-panel TV that could be mistaken for a billboard.
 
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