News desk
\nNew Delhi
\nVijaypat Singhania thought he was keeping his billion-dollar Indian textile empire in the family when he gifted control of the Raymond Group to his son Gautam three years ago.
\nBut their relationship has disintegrated spectacularly since, with the father accusing the son of cheating him out of a exclusive apartment and of unceremoniously kicking him out of the company offices.
\nVijaypat now bitterly regrets his decision, which he claims was made because of \u201cemotional blackmail\u201d, marking the latest in a long long line of high-profile family feuds to scar corporate India.
\nThe 80-year-old transformed a small textile business into a household name in India, and the Raymond Group today claims to be the world\u00b4s biggest producer of high-quality worsted wool suits.
\nIt is yet another success story for one of South Asia\u00b4s great entrepreneurial families \u2014 different branches of the Singhania family have interests in cement, dairy and tech.
\nIndia ranks third in the world for the number of family owned conglomerates, behind China and the United States, according to a recent Credit Suisse report.
\nAnd with more than its fair share of power struggles and a new generation itching to take control, some analysts say the country needs more global corporate standards to better govern such businesses.
\nIt may help avoid the kind of sparring that happened in the Ambani family.
\nMukesh Ambani, currently Asia\u00b4s richest man, fought with his brother Anil for years over the Reliance conglomerate after their father Dhirubhai died without leaving a will.<\/p>\n
Hostilities were far more intense between liquor and property baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep, who killed each other in a 2012 shootout as they fought over their company.
\nAnd assault accusations have flown between billionaires Shivinder and Malvinder Singh as they battle for the family pharmaceutical empire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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