Ahmedabad: He started career by selling home-made detergent on a bicycle. Today, 68-year-old Karsanbhai Patel, founder of Rs 3,000-crore diversified Nirma group, has joined the club of Gujarati businessmen who own private aircraft.
After Adani group chairman Gautam Adani and Zydus group promoter Pankaj Patel, Karsanbhai is the third Ahmedabad-based industrialist to buy a chopper. The detergent king's latest acquisition, an AgustaWestland will help the ageing industrialist fight fatigue travelling to Rajasthan, where the company has set up a cement plant, and Bhavnagar. The Rs 40-crore six-seater chopper has been currently parked at Ahmedabad airport.
07/08/13 Ajay Umat/Times of India
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After Adani group chairman Gautam Adani and Zydus group promoter Pankaj Patel, Karsanbhai is the third Ahmedabad-based industrialist to buy a chopper. The detergent king's latest acquisition, an AgustaWestland will help the ageing industrialist fight fatigue travelling to Rajasthan, where the company has set up a cement plant, and Bhavnagar. The Rs 40-crore six-seater chopper has been currently parked at Ahmedabad airport.
07/08/13 Ajay Umat/Times of India
