India's B.K. Syngal
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Officially, B.K. Syngal's title is chairman of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL), India's monopoly international long-distance carrier. Unofficially, the 58-year-old Syngal is known as The Bulldozer, for his ability to crash through one bureaucratic barrier after another.
India could use more managers like Syngal. Since 1991, the year he took charge, VSNL has expanded from a $125 million company with one product, international long-distance phone service, into a $1.65 billion giant also offering Internet, leased-line, and data services.