<description>&lt;p&gt;One in two popcorn kernels eaten in India comes from one man's farms. He built the crop from nothing, the processing plant that rivals anything in North America, and a farmer network no competitor can crack. When COVID killed every client overnight, most founders would have cut and run. He doubled his acreage. He has 50Xed his revenue in 5 years, build a moat few can crack and plans to now indigenise other crops and commodities like oats and palm oil with host Anirban Chowdhury.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You can follow Anirban Chowdhury on his social media:&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/AnirbanET"&gt; X&lt;/a&gt; and&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirban-chowdhury-b5067219/"&gt; Linkedin&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Check out other interesting episodes like:ET Deep Dive: Swipe Left on Reality,India wants manufacturing at 25% of GDP &amp;mdash; will AI in factories help?, Tanay Kothari Wants To Kill The Keyboard, From Doer to Director: The LinkedIn Playbook for the AI Agea, Semaglutide Goes Generic: Big Pharma&amp;rsquo;s Moat Breaks&amp;nbsp; and much more.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Catch the latest episode of &amp;lsquo;The Morning Brief&amp;rsquo; on The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Youtube.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Morning Brief

The Economic Times

Corn Man: The Man Who Quietly Cornered Half of India's Popcorn Market

JUN 29, 202638 MIN
The Morning Brief

Corn Man: The Man Who Quietly Cornered Half of India's Popcorn Market

JUN 29, 202638 MIN

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One in two popcorn kernels eaten in India comes from one man's farms. He built the crop from nothing, the processing plant that rivals anything in North America, and a farmer network no competitor can crack. When COVID killed every client overnight, most founders would have cut and run. He doubled his acreage. He has 50Xed his revenue in 5 years, build a moat few can crack and plans to now indigenise other crops and commodities like oats and palm oil with host Anirban Chowdhury.You can follow Anirban Chowdhury on his social media: X and Linkedin Check out other interesting episodes like:ET Deep Dive: Swipe Left on Reality,India wants manufacturing at 25% of GDP — will AI in factories help?, Tanay Kothari Wants To Kill The Keyboard, From Doer to Director: The LinkedIn Playbook for the AI Agea, Semaglutide Goes Generic: Big Pharma’s Moat Breaks  and much more. Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Youtube.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.