Why The CEO Of Kantipur Resigned At His Peak? Ep. 277

2025-08-19

The Doers Nepal – Nepal’s Longest Running Business Podcast Shishir Pachhai, former CEO of Kantipur Media Group, spent over 20 years rising from an ordinary employee to the top leadership position of Nepal’s No. 1 media house. Then, at the peak of his career, he shocked many by stepping away from the CEO chair to pursue his own path. Why did he leave at the height of success? The answer lies in his deeper vision and ultra motive. In this conversation, Shishir Pachhai reveals: - His journey from a common man to the CEO o...

The Doers Nepal – Nepal’s Longest Running Business Podcast

Shishir Pachhai, former CEO of Kantipur Media Group, spent over 20 years rising from an ordinary employee to the top leadership position of Nepal’s No. 1 media house. Then, at the peak of his career, he shocked many by stepping away from the CEO chair to pursue his own path.

Why did he leave at the height of success? The answer lies in his deeper vision and ultra motive.

In this conversation, Shishir Pachhai reveals:

- His journey from a common man to the CEO of Nepal’s leading media company
- The evolution of mainstream media and its changing dynamics
- Why Nepal needs to retain media legends for sustainable growth
- Sports and how to develop it in a long-term, impactful way
- Leadership styles and organizational transformation that actually work
- The personal reasons behind his decision to leave Kantipur
- The importance of personal branding and building future-ready skills
- Practical suggestions for young people and professionals on growth, leadership, and creating opportunities

Whether you’re a student, an athlete, or a professional, his words carry lessons you can apply right away.

Timestamps

0:00 Intro
1:06 Guest Intro
1:52 Mr. Shishir’s Journey
4:00 Opportunities given F1 soft
5:12 Commitment towards Kantipur
7:47 New Turning point, Journey of Entrepreneur
12:02 Highlight
12:23 Management Consultant role (VS. Leader’s Role)
16:17 Transformation of organization
19:40 Legacy of Mainstream Media and platform
22:45 Formats changing in Media
25:05 Why revenue of legacy media is decreasing
29:01 Limitation of Mainstream media
29:13 difference between platform and media
31:49 It is difficult to make brand now
34:50 Content Exclusivity and Dumping site
38:20 More genuine and real content Demand
43:48 Every Company has to like a media company
47:00 Why anyone need media when they can brand themselves
49:31 Why Media person are leaving the old platforms
58:00 Is this golden time for Nepali Sports?
1:00:20 Require aspiration for Sports development
1:02:40 How to develop the sports in Nepal (Sustainability in Sports)
1:04:28 Personal Branding for Individual player (Visibility)
1:07:40 Glamourize the Game
1:09:50 Secret behind Strong Career
1:11:46 Hunger to Learn Always
1:15:00 Just make the decision (not right)
1:17:50 Execution is more important than decision
1:19:58 How did you make the decision of leaving Kantipur?
1:24:38 What do you suggest to a 30 year old person who wants to make changes?
1:25:56 Company value = Market Value
1:27:50 Skill with personal Branding
1:29:50 Technical person must have managerial skills ?
1:31:35 Are you leaving Nepal?
1:33:30 Need Aspirations in Nepal
1:35:50 Time to give spotlight to young doers
1:36:40 Let’s get connected