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The group’s founder and chairman is paring his holdings and stepping away from the driver’s seat. Will it help Indiabulls chart a new course?

Not once. Sameer Gehlaut failed twice. That must have hurt someone who is used to having his way. Unable to get a banking licence, the Indiabulls Group founder and chairman has now changed tack.
Gehlaut is stepping away even as the Indiabulls Group is charting a new course after two decades of operating in the real estate and shadow banking sectors.
The group, which started as an online brokerage firm in 1999, expanded into lending, real estate and power over time; recently it has added pharmaceuticals and healthcare. Among all these verticals, the group’s flagship entities are Indiabulls Housing Finance …
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