Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said he does not believe in expressing his views publicly. Birla said that he was quite a private person and kept away from the media.
Birla spoke to Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath in the latest episode of his show 'People by WTF'. When Kamath asked why he doesn't speak in public more often, Birla said he prefers to keep his personal views private.
“I have mostly consciously stayed away from the media. I guess my job doesn't require me to be in people's faces all the time and personally I'm a private person. I don't really like to share things about my personal life or I prefer to keep all those personal thoughts to myself. That's pretty much it. There is no other reason for it.” Birla said to Kamat.
“I mean there are platforms to express your views if you want, whether it's at work, whether it's with the government, whether it's with your family, rather than talking about it to big people through the media. I would like to talk about it in a suitable forum or a suitable platform. It can be a dinner table conversation,” explained the industrialist.
Birla said he never shied away from expressing his views on something that really mattered to him or bothered him. Highlighting the importance of speaking to the right audience, Birla said, “So I've never worried about being unpopular or rubbing someone the wrong way.
Kamath also asked him about his interview with Simi Garewal in the TV show 'Rendezvous with Simi Garewal' which aired from 1997 to 2009.
“I thought it was interesting. I don't know, she's a friend, and to be honest, I can't say no. I liked the format. It was kind of fun. Those were very early years. I think my father died less than a year ago, so life changed,” he said.