Left high and dry bang in the middle of a pandemic, Yatra has taken Ebix to court. The allegations are ugly.
There were early signs that getting into bed with Robin Raina is trouble.
As the story goes, early last year, Yatra Online Inc. CEO Dhruv Shringi met Raina, CEO of Ebix Inc., in an informal meeting. The two hit it off, and Raina suggested to Shringi that they work together and explore the possibility of Ebix acquiring Yatra. After a few more rounds of discussion, Shringi took Raina’s proposal to his company’s board of directors. Over the next two weeks, Shringi and Raina had a number of conversations to hammer out a structure for the transaction. In February 2019, Ebix …
Ashish is the editor-in-chief of The Morning Context. One of the best-known business feature writers in India, he was selected for Germany’s Robert Bosch Stiftung Fellowship in 2012 and received the Mumbai Press Club RedInk certificate of recognition in 2015 for his story “Inside the Network 18 takeover”. Before joining The Morning Context, Ashish co-founded The Ken, where he was managing editor. His previous writing stints include Mint, Forbes India and The Economic Times.
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