K P Singh: The man who turned DLF into India's biggest real estate giant

In January 1975, Singh was on the verge of selling DLF for Rs 26 lakh

There are few evocative stories in India’s business world that can match Kushal Pal Singh sculpting DLF into one of India’s biggest real estate giants. It is a story with numerous twists and turns that almost seems crafted by a master storyteller.

How else can one see the journey of someone who was born in a small room in a village, went to a madrassa near his home for his initial education, and then to a middle-class school and college? No one could have even taken a wild guess that he would script one of India’s most colourful business stories. Much