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Had been tracking BT for 4-5 years, deal made in 2 weeks: Shravin Mittal

He tells that his investment firm unbound will soon become a billion dollar venture

Bharti Global's Managing Director Shravin Mittal
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Bharti Global's Managing Director Shravin Mittal

Subhayan ChakrabortyNivedita Mookerji
Fresh from the major announcement of acquiring a quarter share of Britain's legacy telecom provider BT, Bharti Global's Managing Director Shravin Bharti Mittal says the mandate is to make strategic investments in assets that can compound over generations. He tells Subhayan ChakrabortyNivedita Mookerji in a virtual interaction that his investment firm Unbound will soon become a billion dollar venture. Edited excerpts:

Can you take us through the journey you undertook towards securing the stake in BT?

I remember speaking to our chairman (his father Sunil Bharti Mittal) about BT maybe four or five years ago when the stock

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