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Jyoti Deshpande, 

Group MD and CEO, Eros International
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In a world where job-hopping is the norm, Deshpande has spent 17 years at the same company. She is credited with taking Eros public on AIM, the LSE’s small-company arm, in 2006, followed by a subsidiary listing in India in 2010, and an IPO on the NYSE in 2013. As a distributor and producer of movies here and abroad, Eros commands a dominant market share of 40% for the global box office of Indian films. Today, Eros curates Indian movies in 30 languages, distributes them to some 50 countries, and has a library of 3,000-plus movies. At the time of going to press, the Eros stock tanked, falling over 50% in a couple of weeks. Market sentiment has been shaken by news from the U.S. that the company’s arm there was being investigated for financial irregularities. Tough times ahead?
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