The 17-Year-Old In This Pic Grew Up To Become A Billionaire Businessman. Any Guesses?
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"In '72 - I was 17 - a friend and I used to often hitchhike from 'Bombay' to 'Poona' taking rides on trucks," wrote Anand Mahindra
Industrialist Anand Mahindra on Saturday took a walk down memory lane as he shared a throwback photo from when he was a 17-year-old. The chairman of Mahindra Group revealed that some of the best weekends of his youth were spent hitchhiking rides from Bombay to Poona (present-day Mumbai and Pune) with his friend. Mr Mahindra added that he developed his love for the open road during those truck rides. Remembering the best weekends of my youth. In ‘72 -I was 17-a friend & I used to often hitchhike from ‘Bombay' to ‘Poona' taking rides on trucks. That's probably when I developed my love for the open road..The movie ‘Parichay' had come out & we would sing “Musafir hoon Yaaron'???? pic.twitter.com/VuTvMTyivd Exactly… Amazing. Today. But then it was cool. You are much more alive. The way you encourage people from all walks of life and all strata and all religion shows your upbringing was great and well grounded. You are an inspiration. We need more of you. Sir, how come a millionaire's son, a heir apparent with a popular last name, would be allowed to hitchhike so casually and regularly...!!Weren't you reprimanded and banned to do it again ?? Rides on trucks, has a pro destiny promo; so strangely God promoted & practiced too on ground, on time without flaws. Riding at the top of lorry then & now even being at the top management @MahindraRise !???? Key words of life: #top#lorry#truck#managinghttps://t.co/SXkuxs0MIx Even the best need their moments of madness - hitchhikes on trucks, how exciting ???????? @anandmahindrahttps://t.co/Cyxe42C3HF
The sepia-toned throwback photo shows Anand Mahindra as a 17-year-old, dressed in a casual shirt and trousers, with a field visible behind him. The photograph was taken in 1972 - a few years before he left to pursue a degree at Harvard University.
"Remembering the best weekends of my youth," Mr Mahindra, 66, wrote while sharing the pic. "In '72 -I was 17 - a friend and I used to often hitchhike from 'Bombay' to 'Poona' taking rides on trucks. That's probably when I developed my love for the open road.." he added.
