How India Inc’s top leaders are dealing with the emotional toll of retirement
Published on: Dec. 7, 2025, 12:33 a.m. | Source: The Economic Times
The emotional toll of retirement can be severe. One private-sector CEO revived a collapsing industrial company by identifying an entirely new business segment. The turnaround was so dramatic that he attributed it to divine grace. He installed idols in every office, organised religious discourses, and built a temple on the factory premises. The promoters allowed it all. But after he retired, they quietly relieved him even from the trusteeship of the very temple he had built. He was devastated. Within months, he passed away.
