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‘Birthday boy’ Anand Mahindra thanks Harsh Goenka for wishes: ‘You’re an old friend, hence biased'
Anand Mahindra turned 69 on Wednesday. Harsh Goenka shared a video of Mahindra addressing long-serving employees of his company.
Anand Mahindra on Thursday thanked fellow industrialist Harsh Goenka for his birthday wishes and his words of praise on X (formerly Twitter).
The Mahindra group chairman turned 69 on May 1.
“Charisma, integrity, and eloquence define true leadership. Birthday boy @anandmahindra - you embody these qualities flawlessly. Here’s to more years of your inspiring leadership to @MahindraRise,” Goenka wrote on X, sharing a clip of Mahindra's inspiratiwonal address to the outgoing employees of his company.
Mahindra thanked Goenka for the warm wishes.
“You’re an old friend and hence very favourably biased— but thank you from the bottom of my heart for those very generous words," he said in response.
Check out their interaction on X:
Mahindra and Goenka are one of the most active business leaders on X.
While Mahindra has over 11 million followers on the social media platform, Goenka, the chairperson of RPG Group, has 1.8 million followers.
On Wednesday, hundreds of X users wished Mahindra on his birthday.
“Thank you to everyone on this platform for your countless blessings and good wishes on my birthday,” the billionaire wrote, thanking his followers.
“I could not possibly thank each one of you in person but each and every one’s good wishes are part of my true wealth.”
An X user called Mahindra the “Akshay Kumar of Indian business” in his birthday wish for the veteran business leader.
“Happy Birthday to the Akshay Kumar of Indian business industry… your dedication, consistency and professionalism with vision is unmatched,” user Harshit wrote.
Anand Mahindra is ranked 1,143 in the Forbes Billionaires List 2024, featuring the richest people in the world. He has a net worth of $2. 9 billion.
Harsh Goenka, with a net worth of $3.3 billion, is ranked 991 on the Forbes billionaires list this year.
