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Ekta Kapoor, 

Joint MD, Balaji Telefilms
age: 40
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The mercurial queen of TV soaps continues her reign, with Jodha Akbar and Kumkum Bhagya topping the charts for Zee TV, and Meri Ashiqui Tumse Hi raking in the TRPs for Colors. Her movies business, however, has been lacklustre, but that doesn't seem to bother Kapoor, who has a pipeline of 10 big-ticket films, including Half Girlfriend based on Chetan Bhagat's eponymous bestseller, superhero caper The Flying Jatt, and Azhar, a biopic on Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin. Kapoor, who attended Harvard's management programme designed for family-owned businesses, says she came away with renewed focus on team-building. Exhibit A: the appointment of former Star TV honcho Sameer Nair as Balaji's CEO late last year, with a mandate to push digital content.
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