Law of the Jhungle

摘要

Although newspapers sometimes call him India's Warren Buffett, Ra-kesh Jhunjhunwala does not subscribe to the Midwesterner's diet of Cherry Coke and banana cream pie. On offer on a Friday evening at his trading desk in Nariman Point, Mumbai's financial district, are plenty of smokes, salty popcorn, beer and a bottle of scotch. These are consumed in the presence of five price screens, one with scrolling news on us payroll figures; two BlackBerries; a landline that rings with regular updates on the copper price; and a spittoon. The office has a gym but Mr Jhunjhunwala, a big riot of a man, says he doesn't use it. Geoffrey's, a bar for stockmarket types, is where he does his workouts.