CEO INTERVIEW - Mixing beer with flying

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CEO INTERVIEW - Mixing beer with flying

Vijay Mallya is often described as the Indian Richard Branson - the British entrepreneur who built air carriers Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Blue – even down to the shared urge for risk-taking and a well-clipped beard. Elliot Wilson caught up with the flamboyant Indian billionaire in China to discuss his failed attempt to buy troubled Air Sahara, fast planes to Shanghai, and selling whisky to the Chinese.

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