Never Say Die

Never Say Die. Not just a motto for businessman, investor and entrepreneur, Shripal Morakhia. But a way of life. Hailing from an old business family who were at one time the leading stockbrokers of the Bombay Stock Exchange, Shripal went into business in the early 1980s in trying circumstances when he suddenly lost his father. At that time, he had completed his MBA from the USA and planned to settle down there. Owing to family compulsions, Shripal came to India to take over the family business. Over the next three decades, he was wildly successful in some of his ventures and among the companies he founded were ShareKhan and Smaaash (he was even briefly the owner of Amar Chitra Katha). But then times changed and Shripal also subsequently experienced the soul-sapping lows of the business cycle. Through it all, Shripal kept innovating and trying to find ways to grow and resurrect his businesses. ‘Never Say Die’ kept him going.