mumbai that ln mittal one of the worlds richest men built his fortune turning around steel mills is well documented what often goes unnoticed are countless smaller indian entrepreneurs making their business savvy felt across the world virtually unknown with finances shrouded in secrecy they pop up wherever there is an economic opportunity to be exploitedrk rishi is one such businessman stirring up things in eastern europe a graduate of indian institute of technology rishi has now acquired a 12 stake in czech tatra and 50 equity in tatra slovakia the makers of heavy trucks used in army and mining for an unknown sumrishi who made his money from trading with eastern european nations used his contacts to setup a 5050 jv with tatra in 1995 tatra trucks india to make dumpers used for mining and by municipal corporations to carry waste after the split of czech republic and slovakia in 1994 tatra went into financial crisis and was split in two firms the state was looking for investors to revive it rishi saw an opportunity and struck a deal to acquire a 20 stake in the firm along with usbased private equity sdcmeanwhile the canny trader also struck a deal with tatra slovakia to buy 50 stake in the axle making unit this was critical for him as the backbone tube chassis was a critical component to tatra trucks survival on rugged roads the backbone chassis is claimed to follow the contours of the land as against other multiaxle trucksin 1996 there was change in management in tatra czech sdc partners wanted to exit rishi again entered the fray and found an overseas firm to buy stake this time he bought in terex of us the us firm bought 70 and rishi settled for 20 stake the remaining stake was distributed among 20000 shareholdersmeanwhile the jv with terex started flourishing in bangalore his indian venture was rechristened terex vectra motors the completely knocked down kits from the plants in czech and slovakia were assembled in bangalore and exported as well as sold to the army and to mining firmslast year as progression of his truck business he set up a bus and truck body building unit in uae in a jv with his dealer in west asia the venture will build the first truck next month now rishi who specialised in electrical engineering and made money from trading is back to what he does best raising resources this time his company global vectra helicorp is tapping the markets to raise rs 70 crore to buy choppers for his logistics business in oil and gas explorationagain global vectra has a history of the punjabi trader chipping in when the firm floated by a group of israeli pilots for logistics in oil and gas exploration went into dire financial crisis it could not adhere to the contract with oil and natural gas commission for ferrying their executives off shore two of their choppers went in for a