Born Into Legacy.
Building Their Own Path.

In this highly practitioner-oriented episode of Nexxt in Line, we sit down with corporate veteran and author Rajiv Gupta to decode the complex, often chaotic world of Indian family businesses.

Rajiv's career spans VP roles at Reliance Petroleum Retail and Honda Cars, but the story that defines him is what came next: at 55, he walked away from a stable corporate track to become CEO of Tricolite Electrical Industries — a 60-year-old family business that had never brought in an outsider CEO and hadn't grown in over a decade. In three years, he grew it 300% in both top line and bottom line. He's now Chairperson of the School of Family Business at Masters' Union and the author of the HarperCollins bestseller "The Good Indian Employee's Guide to Surviving a Lala Company."

In this conversation, he breaks down the friction between first-generation patriarchs and next-generation leaders, the critical dynamic between professional talent and family promoters, and why so many family empires stumble during transitions — not because they're weak, but because they get stuck. This episode goes far beyond generic corporate advice. It is a raw look into "Lala" company culture, the necessity of giving daughters real equity and roles, and the blueprint for earning your place at the table even if your name is on the building.