How Gandhi inspired Sohini Andani's rise to $3-bn fund manager

From the writings of Mahatma Gandhi and old Hindu scriptures, Andani formed parts of her investment philosophy

In June 1995, a young Sohini Andani showed up uninvited at the Mumbai office of K R Choksey, the famous broker and investor, and told him she wanted a job. She'd read about his investment process in a magazine.

“I somehow felt that this was the person I wanted to work with,” said Andani, whose move started a more than two-decade finance career -- and ruffled feathers at home. “I came from a very conservative family, who didn't believe that girls should study so much or go out for work, 20 years back at least. I stood against this and I