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Food & Drink Award: Karan Chanana

Food & Drink Award (supported by Sun Mark): Karan Chanana, chairman of the Amira Group

Karan Chanana has grown Amira into a global brand since taking the helm in 2006. Best known for its premium quality basmati rice, Amira’s products are available across five continents and the company has offices in Dubai, Britain, Germany, India, Malaysia, Singapore and the US.


Chanana is widely recognised as visionary and a strategic thinker and is a familiar face on business programmes on BBC World News, CNBC and Bloomberg. In 2012, he took the Amira Group public, floating the company on the New York Stock Exchange.

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  • Paramount makes a hostile £85.7bn (₹8.57 lakh crore) push for Warner Bros Discovery
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  • Financing includes Ellison family backing and firms linked to Jared Kushner
  • Warner Bros board to review offer but has not withdrawn support for Netflix

The Paramount bid for Warner Bros Discovery has taken a sharp turn after the studio launched a hostile £85.7bn (₹8.57 lakh crore) move aimed at blocking the rival Netflix takeover. The offer, pitched straight to Warner Bros shareholders, arrived just days after Netflix was declared the preferred buyer for the historic film and television group.

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