Biography of Ashutosh Garg

Ashutosh Garg has written several books:

1. "The Buck Stops Here - My Journey from a Manager to an Entrepreneur" published by Penguin and received excellent reviews

2. "The Corner Office" a story on the corporate world published by Rupa

3. "The Buck Stops Here - Learnings of a #Startup Entrepreneur" - revised second edition published by Rupa

4. "Reinvent, Reboot. Rewire. Managing #Retirement in the Twenty First Century" published by Harper Collins

5. "An Eye for an Eye" - A compelling Indian saga of friendship, revenge, avarice, politics and religion, spanning 7 decades

6. "The Brand Called You" - A unique book highlighting the challenges of Personal Branding in an easy to read format.

7. "How to Survive Failure and come out Stronger" - covers both the practical and psychological aspects of failure and helps us understand it.

Storyteller, Author, Business Coach, Shopkeeper, Manager.

Ashutosh hosts the very successful video and podcast titled “The Brand Called You – Converse with the Future” (www.tbcy.in) bringing the stories of successful entrepreneurs, professionals and senior corporate leaders to thousands of listeners.

He is a certified Business and Executive Coach and coaches / mentors several CEO’s in India on business matters, governance, strategic planning, succession planning, personal accountability, people and culture issues. (www.equationcoaching.com).

He writes regularly for Times of India, Business World and can often be seen on National Television panel discussions on political affairs. He is also invited to speak at various corporate leadership meetings.

Ashutosh founded Guardian Pharmacy in India in 2003 and built it into India's second largest Pharmacy Chain. He exited from the business in 2016.

He worked for ITC Limited for 17 years leaving in 1996 as one of the youngest Managing Directors of a group company. Thereafter he was Head of Asia of two US Aerospace companies for 8 years.

Ashutosh served on the board of GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance (www.gavi.org) for 8 years. He continues to sit on several boards and advises companies on strategy and governance matters. He was the Chairman of Bizdome, the Startup Incubator of IIM Rohtak till 2018.

He is a YPO member and was Chairman of YPO South Asia Gold (2017-19). He was recognised as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1994.

His wife Vera is a Historian and teaches at the American Embassy School, New Delhi. His older son, Varun works for Visa in Singapore as their Senior Director Marketing and his younger son Ashwin works for Procter and Gamble in USA as their Senior Director.

A keen golfer, he plays the Indian flute, enjoys reading and listening to Indian classical music.