KISHORE BIYANI

KISHORE BIYANI
 Kishore Biyani, he is a big business tycoon in
India.
 Chairman and Managing Director, Pantaloon
Retail (India) Ltd.
 Kishore Biyani, who three was conferred
“International Retailer of the Year” Award by the
prestigeous US National Retail Federation (NRF),
IN 2007.
 Born in a middle class marwari trading family .
 His motto: "Rewrite the rules but retain the
values", seems to have worked well for Kishore
Biyani, MD, Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd.
 In being chosen as the 'retail face of the year' by
Images Retail, Biyani's efforts at 'rebranding'
Indian retail has been recognised.
 "Pantaloon will innovate a pan-Indian model of
retailing, rather than copy the western model,"
says Biyani.
 He believes in taking quick decisions. The deal
with Bennett, Coleman & Co was done in seven
days flat. He has never met V Banga of Unilever
in his life, and leaves the task of relationship
building to his managers
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 Kishore Biyani, began his career selling
stonewash fabric to small shops in Mumbai.
 He went launch Pantaloons, the biggest listed
retailer of the country, today.
 Pantaloons is credited with launching many retail
formats in value and lifestyle retailing under some
of the best known retailing brand names in the
country, including Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar,
Central, e-zone, and Home Town.
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 This person is connected to 4 board of directors in
4 different organizations across 4 different
industries.
 Mr. Kishore Biyani is the Chairman and Managing
Director at Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd. He is the
Chairman of Future Capital Holdings.
 Kishore Biyani has gone ahead with writing his
biography, “It Happened in India,” if one could
say so, at the beginning of his retailing career.
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 “It happend in India” is the story of this maverick
entrepreneur’s experiments with exploration of
business the Indian way.
 According to media reports, while 10,000 copies
(largest ever for an Indian book) of the book have
already been sold on the day of its launch.
 The book in a true Kishore Biyani style has been
priced at Rs 99/- only for soft cover, while the
hard cover price has been fixed at Rs. 495/-.
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 The book, which has been co-authored with
Dipayan Baishya, is currently available for
sale in a few Big Bazaar and Depot stores
in Mumbai and Pune and can also be
ordered online at Futurebazaar.com.
 Brought some UK brands to India. With Big
Bazaar he reached the homes of
middleclass & poverty lined people.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEMBERSHIPS
 2007-Present, Independent & Non Executive Director and
Member of Remuneration Committee, UTV Software
Communications.
 2006-Present, Chairman of the Board, Member of Audit
Committee, Member of Nomination Committee, Member
of Shareholders/Investors Grievance Committee and
Member of IPO Committee, Future Capital Holdings
 2005-Present, Independent Director, Member of Audit
Committee and Member of Remuneration Committee,
Jagran Prakashan Ltd
 2005-Present, Chairman and Managing Director,
Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd.