![]() ![]() It was about Rajaratnam showing Gupta how to monetise his wealth of contacts.” His relationship with Rajaratnam was solely and exclusively about making money. “I think it frustrated him, and he wanted to become a billionaire. ![]() “At some (recent) stage in his life, Rajat Gupta would’ve looked around and realised that after working for 30 years, he has practically nothing to show for it, except some great friends like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and (former UN secretary-general) Kofi Annan” says Raghavan. This idea also ties in with the book’s title – that Gupta, the ‘apprentice’ to the Galleon Group’s billionaire CEO Raj Rajaratnam, was guided by this instinct when he leaked confidential information to the latter about a big investment in Goldman Sachs. ![]() “But while Ashwini Kumar’s crime was driven by the great ideals that led to the formation of independent India, Gupta’s was driven by a much baser instinct, a desire for money,” adds the London-based former Forbes journalist who was in India last week for the Times of India literary carnival. “Both Gupta and his father committed crimes that shocked the people who knew them,” says Raghavan. In ‘A Family Secret’, Raghavan draws a comparison between Gupta and his freedom-fighter father, Ashwini Kumar. ![]()
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