When restaurants forced to shut down stores and reopening them, one brand stood the test of time by never closing even a single store!

Kayum Dhanani runs and manages more than 100 @BarbequeNation stores all over India! 🇮🇳 Interestingly, Kayum was never the real owner of the brand @BarbequeNation!

The year was 2006.

Kayum’s brother Sajid, ran the well-known Sayaji Hotels in Indore.

The business was doing well.📈

The Sayaji Hotels were very popular.

Born in a family of high achievers, this Indian entrepreneur proved to be equally impressive.

Gave up a high profile position, only to build India's most notable renewable energy companies: ReNew Power!

Time for a thread 🧵👇 The Chairman & Founder of ReNew Power, @sumant_sinha graduated from @iitdelhi & @IIMC_India🧑‍🎓

Sumant’s father, Yashwanth Sinha, is a former Union Finance Minister and his brother @jayantsinha is the managing director at Omidyar Network India Advisors.

Started in 1969, this unknown Indian company today rivals big names such as @elonmusk's @SpaceX & @virgingalactic!

India's own SpaceX 🇮🇳🚀

Time for a thread!

🧵👇 MTAR Technologies has been central to India's Chandrayan 1 & 2 as well as Mangalyan missions

MTAR has been central in the staggering growth of @isro.

ITC, the Indian MNC headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, was founded in 1910 as the Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited!

Yes, you read it correctly.

In fact, it was a tobacco company until as recently as the 70s!

A thread 🧵👇

#fintwit Today @ITCCorpCom is a diversified conglomerate with businesses spanning (get ready!):

• FMCG
• Personal Care
• Cigarettes & Cigars
• Branded Apparel
• Stationery Products
• Incense Sticks & Safety Matches
• Hotels
• Paperboards & Packaging
• Agri-Business &
• IT

The name Berger or Lewis Berger is today synonymous with color worldwide.

But not many people know that the origin of the name dates back to over two & a half centuries in England in 1760!

Who's up for a thread?

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#fintwit A young color chemist named Lewis Berger, started manufacturing in Europe, 'Prussian blue' using a secret process that every designer and householder coveted.

Mr. Berger perfected this process & art of the blue color, which was the color of most military uniforms of that time.

Founded in 1897, the Godrej Group is one of the most diverse and prominent Business Empires in India.

A thread on the history of the @GodrejGroup.

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#fintwit Nadir Godrej, the head of the Godrej family, was born in 1951.

He was the youngest of two children.

At the dawn of Independence, Nadir’s father worked for the family business, which was first started in the late 19th century by his granduncle and grandfather.

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This isn’t just your ordinary 'rags to riches' story.

This is the tale of a man who refused to cower down to fate & chose to make a solid mark in the business world.

Born on 24 June, 1962, in Ahmedabad, this is one of India’s foremost business tycoons.

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#fintwit Gautam Adani, Founder, & Chairman of the Adani Group, didn’t inherit his power & position.

His parents, Shantaben and Shantilal Adani, had migrated to the city of Ahmedabad from a small town called Tharad in Norther Gujarat in hopes of better opportunities for their 8 children.

Ajanta Pharmaceuticals comeback journey led by the second generation Agarwal Brothers- Yogesh and Rajesh has been incredible.

Time for a thread 🧵👇

#fintwit #wednesdaythought Set up in 1973 by three brothers, Mannalal, Purushottam and Madhusudan Agrawal—had been incurring huge losses for many years.

In June 2000, @AjantaPharmaLtd was trading at just Rs 24 per share with negligible interest from investors.

Born on March 10, 1911, to a banking family at Surat, this man is considered to be the doyen of the Indian housing and financial sectors!

He was the chairman of @ICICIBank before going on to found @HDFC_Bank in 1977.

Time for a thread 🧵👇

#fintwit #tuesdaymotivations Shri Hasmukh Thakordas Parekh, fondly referred to as ‘Hasmukhbhai’, was shaped by the strong values of integrity and philanthropy held by his parents.

Growing up in the Gandhian era had a deep impact on his values and philosophy.

Hero Moto Corp earlier also known formerly as “Hero Honda” is one of India’s first motorcycle manufacturers.

The company has seen many ups and downs throughout their life span up till now.

Here is a thread on the iconic Indian Motor Cycle brand @HeroMotoCorp 🧵👇

#fintwit Here is how the company went from "Fill it, Shut it, forget it" to "dhak-dhak go" to "Hum mein hai Hero" to owning a market share of about 46% in India in the two-wheeler category.

Ludhiana, Punjab is where everything came alive!

In 2010, Vembu Vaidyanathan leaves a top job at ICICI Bank, smitten with an idea that he could start a bank de novo with ownership stakes.

So how does he get a bank license, raise the funds and build the bank?

Time for a thread 🧵👇

#fintwit Vaidyanathan was an alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.

Post that, he completed his Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School, Boston.

Vaidyanathan began his career at @Citibank.

A story of how one doctor’s unwavering dedication towards treating his patients gave rise to a brand that was set to rule the roost and create benchmarks in the Indian market for years to come.

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#fintwit #dabur Founded in 1884 by Dr. S.K.Burman in the pre-independence British capital of India – Calcutta, Dabur started as a small clinic in a by-lane of the city.

The name Dabur was coined by taking ‘Da’ from Daktaar (Bengali pronunciation for Doctor) and ‘Bur’ from his last name Burman.

"Asli masale sach sach, MDH, MDH."

I am willing to bet that if you are an Indian, then you were humming the lines above in your mind!

But do you know the story behind the MDH legacy?

Time for a thread 🧵👇

#fintwit #thursdayvibes If there’s a brand that has been adding flavor to a million lives in India, it is MDH.

A household name in the country, the founder of MDH, Mahashay Dharampal Gulati has a rags-to-riches story of a refugee-turned-entrepreneur.

Son of Bangladeshi refugees, Chandrashekhar Ghosh managed to build a banking business in 27 states with 615 branches across India, with over 19,500 employees. And all of this in merely 15 years!

Time for a thread!

🧵👇 Chandrashekhar Ghosh was born into a family of Bangladeshi refugees who settled in Agartala. As a kid, he worked at his father’s small sweet shop.

He completed his education in 1985 and joined @Brac, an international NGO based in Bangladesh. The same year, he lost his father.