The Mumbai terror attacks, that targetted the Taj Mahal Hotel and The Trident (Oberoi), have shattered the city. The death toll is now estimated to rise above 200.
Top corporate executives from India and abroad were trapped in the attacks. While many escaped from the death trap, some of the city top businessmen succumbed to the attacks. . . A dinner at the city's famous restaurants cost them their lives. . .
Ashok Kapur
Yes Bank's non-executive chairman and co-promoter Ashok Kapur had gone for dinner at the Kandahar Restaurant in Hotel Oberoi with his wife Madhu. His wife was rescued from the hotel.
Kapur owned a 34 per cent stake in Yes Bank along with the bank's MD and CEO Rana Kapoor.
Kapur has been in the industry since 1962 and has worked with Grindlays Bank, ABN Amro Bank. He was also the first Asian to be appointed country manager of ABN Amro Bank, India. Before joining Yes Bank, Kapur was the managing director of Rabo India.
Image: S Ramadorai, chairman of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), leaves the crematorium after attending the funeral of Ashok Kapur (Inset), chairman of Yes Bank in Mumbai. | Photograph: Pal Pillai/AFP/Getty Images
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