Thread by @chandrarsrikant

Sometime in 1976, Mrs Rajini Bector began making ice creams with a hand churner at her house in Ludhiana.. The initial response encouraged her to buy an oven that cost Rs 300 then 🧵

Two years later, her husband Dharamvir became her first investor, giving her a capital of Rs 20,000 that helped her launch a full-fledged bakery business.

This fledgling venture became Mrs Bectors Foods, which sells Cremica biscuits and bakery products under the English Oven brand today. It's also the largest supplier of buns/bread to chains such as Burger King, McDonald’s and Dominos Pizza.

Investors have lapped up its recent IPO. Mrs Bectors Foods is trading at Rs 570 vs issue price of 288. The promoters are now worth over Rs 500 crore. A journey that began with Rs 20,000. An incredible story of entrepreneurship, and wealth creation.

Rajini Bector was born in Karachi, spent early years in Lahore. Graduated from Miranda House. She enrolled for a baking course at the Punjab Agricultural University after her three sons went to boarding school
SOURCE: theweekendleader.com/Culture/1541/m…