"The Only Way To Go was Up": Prem Watsa's Interview

"The Only Way To Go was Up": Prem Watsa's Interview with Chennai 36 [Part 1] by Chennai 36

V. Prem Watsa (BT/CH/1971) is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive of Fairfax Financial Holdings, based in Toronto, Canada. He is commonly known as "the Warren Buffett of Canada” for his exceptional investing skills and business acumen. He won the Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Madras in 1999. Prem Watsa shot into the news headlines recently, with Fairfax’s takeover of BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) (TSE:BB) in September 2013.

Chennai36 now brings to you an extensive and exclusive interview of this great visionary. In Part 1, Mr. Prem Watsa talks about hockey, Inter-IIT, academics and his hostel life at IIT Madras; and...