Chapter 17
SOZHAA Vision for the Next Hundred Years
Building a legacy, not a company
Contents
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A hundred year dream
This means building a company is difficult. Keeping a company alive for a hundred years is more difficult than that. But my dream is not a company that will last for a hundred years.
It is a legacy that creates value in people's lives even after a hundred years. SOZHAA is not a name: not a logo, Not a company, and a responsibility that travels from one generation to another.
Every decision I make today is not just for today. For future generations that I will never meet.
That is why SOZHAA's success should not be measured by years. It must be measured by the generations that produced it. In the next 100 years, it will not matter in which fields SOZHAA will be.
What matters is what values it protects: therefore.
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10 values that do not change
These ten values should be SOZHAA's permanent foundation: humanity, Honesty, novelty, Responsibility, Education, Entrepreneurship, Women's Progress, and technology.
Sustainable development and global cooperation. These ten values should not change. Times may change. Technology can change. Markets can change. Countries can change. But SOZHAA's values should not change.
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Twenty-five, fifty, a hundred years
In my dream, in the next 25 years, SOZHAA should create thousands of entrepreneurs. Over the next 50 years, we will grow into a global family of companies that have changed the lives of generations.
In the next 100 years, the name SOZHAA should not be known only as an institution, but to be known as "a movement that created human progress".
What I want is SOZHAA GROUP to be in many countries of the world. But its root should be in Tamil values. Its vision should be towards the world.
Its heart must beat for humanity. SOZHAA's next century should not be a journey to accumulate assets. It should be a journey of gaining knowledge.
It should not be a journey to gain power. It should be a journey of gaining confidence. It should not be a journey to increase market share. It should be a journey to increase impact in people's lives.
In the future, SOZHAA GROUP may create new companies. New technologies can be developed. Go to new countries. New generations can take the lead. But only one question should always be asked.
"Does this result improve people's lives?" If the answer to that question is "yes", then SOZHAA is on the right track.
04
Guardians of the legacy
My dream is that people working at SOZHAA GROUP are not just employees, but guardians of a legacy.
Entrepreneurs who join SOZHAA are not just partners, but designers of a future.
Leaders who lead SOZHAA are not just administrators. Guardians of values. I may one day be gone from this world. But SOZHAA's journey should not stop there.
It may have started as one person's dream. But it must grow into the faith of millions of people. That is my wish. Someday, a boy or a woman, from any corner of the world, will see the name SOZHAA and say, "I too want to make a difference in people's lives." To dream that.
If that one dream comes true, my life's purpose is fulfilled. What I want to leave behind is not an empire: a thought, Not a fortune, and an opportunity.
It was not a building and a legacy. That legacy, a hundred years later, should continue to uplift men.
That is SOZHAA's Vision for the next 100 years. That is my life assurance. That is the responsibility I pass on to the next generation. "Build companies.
Create leaders. Elevate the people. Change the world for the better.” That is the legacy of SOZHAA.
Pull quoteLeaders who lead SOZHAA are not just administrators. Guardians of values. I may one day be gone from this world. But SOZHAA's journey should not stop there.