Larsen & Toubro’s (L&Ts) outgoing chairman A M Naik’s highest point at the organisation was successfully fighting a hostile takeover of the company in the mid-2000s.
Cut to 2019, L&T was on the buyer side of the table of a hostile takeover of tech company Mindtree. L&T’s journey from target to acquirer also spells out what Naik’s successor SN Subrahmanyan’s (pictured) — or SNS’s as he is known — opportunities and challenges would be — size and scale. Beginning October 1, Naik will step down as chairman of L&T, passing on the baton to Subrahmanyan, who will begin duties as