Proceedings for 2nd Oct, 2010

1. JudensteinI Jude YuvrajMariadas

2. Connect

3. Tom Monaghan

4. X is one of the world's largest fashion groups and is the largest apparel retailer. It is made up of almost a hundred companies dealing with activities related to textile design, production and distribution. Its founder and current chairman, Y is Spain’s richest man. Zara is the flagship chain store of X. Identify X and Y.

5. X : the Inditex Group Y : Amancio Ortega

6. Connect…

7. Gap Inc.

8. The company was founded in 1886 by then 28-year-old David H. McConnell who sold books door-to-door and gave out perfume to entice women to buy his books. His perfume became so popular that eventually that is all the women wanted. He then founded the California Perfume Company (CPC) in New York in a 500-square-foot (46 m2) manufacturing and shipping office at 126 Chambers Street. Which 42,000 employee hiring; NYSE listed company am I talking about?

9. Avon Products

10. What is common among the following books: “The Art of the Deal”, “Art of the Comeback” and “Surviving the Top”

11. All books by Donald Trump

12. Born in 1837, descendant of Welsh ancestors who came to Massachusetts in 1636, he began his career in 1856. He disliked and disagreed frequently with Theodore Roosevelt, and when the president was off on a safari in Africa, he said ‘I hope the first lion that he meets does its duty’. He was once asked for money by a friend in need. He took the friend for a walk all around New York and after an hour, told him “now you have been seen with me, you will have no problems getting a loan’. The Wall Street Journal called him ‘the undisputed leader who has stood between the business of this country and disaster’. Who am I talking about?

13. J P Morgan

14. European company, into forest products for the first 130 yrs of its existence, diversified into Television manufacturing in the eighties, but lost money there; burnt its fingers making computers and ultimately sold the computer division, faced a slump during the Russian recession of the early 90’s, went deep in the red, and its CEO committed suicide. The new CEO decided to change the business they were in, and virtually reinvented the company. Name the company.

15. Nokia

16. X started his clothing company in 1924 in Metzingen, where it is still based, a small town south of Stuttgart. However, due to the economic climate in Germany at the time X was forced into bankruptcy in 1930. Undeterred, X set up a new business and in 1931 became a member of the Nazi party. With the rise of Adolf Hitler in 1933, X's business also began to prosper as he became an RZM-licensed (official) supplier of uniforms to the SA, SS, Hitler Youth, NSKK and other Party organizations. With the defeat of Germany in 1945, X was charged with being sympathetic to the Nazi cause and using forced labor, and was denied the right to vote in Germany and ordered to pay a fine. He died in 1948 but his business survived. Identify X.

17. Hugo Boss

18. Karl Elsner, the founder, started this company to cerate work in the sparsely industrialized central Switzerland and counter the emigration spawned by unemployment. Today, this family business in Schwyz provides 950 jobs. In 1897 the product was created and legally registered in the small village of Ibach. Since that time it has become well-known in more than 100 countries for precision, quality, functionality and versatility. Name the product and the company.

19. Swiss Army knife, Victorinox

20. X is a shoe manufacturer founded by entrepreneur George B. Boedecker, Jr. to produce and distribute a foam clog design acquired from a Quebec company called Foam Creations. The shoe had originally been developed as a spa shoe. The first model produced by X, the X Beach, was unveiled in 2002 at the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show, and sold out the 200 pairs produced at that time.X was the title sponsor of the Association of Volleyball Professionals(AVP) Tour from 2006 through the 2009 season. Identify X.

21. Crocs, Inc.

22. This brand X has its origins in Germany, when a trading ban was placed on that nation by the Allies during World War II. The Coca-Cola company therefore was not able to import the syrup needed to produce Coca-Cola in Germany. As a result, Max Keith, the man in charge of Coca-Cola's operations in Germany during the second World War, decided to create a new product for the German market created using only ingredients available in Germany. And hence X was developed. Identify this well known brand X.

23. Fanta

24. Identify the famous entrepreneur who is worth over $1.8 billion as of today.

25. Mike Lazaridis RIM

26. Connect..

27. KPCB

28. The family's rise to European prominence began with Mayer Amschel _______ (born Frankfurt am Main, Germany 1744), the son of Amschel Moses________, a money changer. Born in the ghetto (called "Judengasse" or Jew Alley) of Frankfurt, he developed a finance house and spread his empire by installing each of his five sons in European cities (Frankfurt, London, Naples, Paris and Vienna) to conduct business. An essential part of Mayer's strategy for future success was to keep control of their businesses in family hands, allowing them to maintain full discretion about the size of their wealth and their business achievements. It has been argued that during the 19th century, the family as a whole possessed by far the largest private fortune in the world, and by far the largest fortune in modern history. Which banking family am I talking about?

29. The House of Rothschild

30. X is a Swiss company, provider of forwarding and logistics services, specializing in intercontinental air and ocean freight and associated supply chain management solutions. It operates a network of some 500 branches in more than 90 countries; in a further 60 countries, the group cooperates closely with selected partners. X employs some 15,000 people worldwide.

31. Panalpina

32. Which company does this logo belong to?

33. Total SA

34. The X Group is an Indian conglomerate with interests in textiles, apparels, energy, e-commerce, ITES, leisure and retailing sectors. The flagship company of the group, ______ Nationwide Limited , manufactures and markets the famous Reid & Taylor and Belmonte brands in India. Identify X.

35. S.Kumars