Minhaz Merchant
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Minhaz Merchant is an editor, author and publisher.[1] He founded the pioneering media firm Sterling Newspapers Pvt. Ltd. which was later acquired by the Indian Express Group.[2][3]
Minhaz through his media startups, has founded and launched 10 specialised magazines – Gentleman, GFQ, TV and Video World, Technocrat, Business Computer, Mega City, Business Barons, Banking & Finance, élan and Innovate.[4] He has written seven books[3][4] and is the biographer of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the late industrialist Aditya Birla and the chairman of Larsen & Toubro, A.M. Naik.[5]
Minhaz has appeared on numerous television news programmes on India Today TV, TimesNow and NDTV. His YouTube channel features a current affairs show Head-On with Minhaz Merchant for some time.[6] His last video on YouTube is 3 year old
Apart from being a media entrepreneur, Minhaz is a widely published newspaper columnist and television commentator. He is the author of The New Clash of Civilizations: How the Contest Between America, China, India and Islam will Shape Our Century.[5]