Five business stories that needed to be told

Of the 120-odd business stories that we did in 2022, about one in six were on Gautam Adani and his ever-growing empire. Such has been Adani’s dominance of Indian business in 2022 that one would inevitably read his name in nearly every other deal, irrespective of the sector. From a landmark real estate project to a giant cement business to a storied media house, the Adani name was stamped all over them. For such a fast-rising conglomerate, it was thus important to also look at its finances, audit practices and the people who had built it. We did …