Corporate Colonization: How MNCs Made Gurgaon Their Home
Once dismissed as a dusty suburb on Delhi’s outskirts, Gurgaon today boasts some of the tallest towers, most expensive residential addresses, and the highest number of Fortune 500 offices in India outside Mumbai. But this transformation wasn’t powered by government planning- it was driven by corporate ambition. Welcome to Gurgaon: India’s corporate colony , where glass buildings rose faster than policies could keep up, and multinationals turned farmland into financial firepower. 🔹 The Invasion of the Giants In the early 2000s, Gurgaon was barely a blip on India’s corporate map. But things changed when GE Capital made it the base for its India operations, setting a precedent that companies like Microsoft, Google, Accenture, Deloitte, Genpact , and American Express soon followed. Why Gurgaon? Proximity to Delhi Airport Flexible land acquisition (especially with private players like DLF) Less bureaucratic red tape compared to Noida or South Delhi A talent pool fed by...