The success stories — Ajit Isaac (Quess Corp), V Vaidyanathan (Capital First) and Yogesh Mahansaria (Alliance Tire Group) helped the case of the ‘platform investment’ thesis. “Shareholding of the entrepreneur may vary from case to case… If the business involves higher levels of management/operational skills (say a pharma business), the entrepreneur would hold significantly higher stake in the company,†believes Isaac, Chairman, Quess Corp. Together, they have bulked up the business, acquiring staffing portal Monster. com and HCL’s care unit ‘Touch’ in 2018 and also allied businesses such as MFX, Aravon, Brainhunter, Magna, Coachieve, Randstad Lanka and Transfield Services Qatar.