Kishore Biyani: Man who Changed Retail Canwas of India

Kishore Biyani He is a commerce graduate with a post-graduate diploma in marketing management. He has over 25 years of experience in the field of manufacturing and retailing of ready-made garments.

Biyani  is the Group CEO of Group and Managing Director of Pantaloon Retail is known as the indian retail magnet who transformed the retail sector in India through his initative. Over the years he has crafted the emergence of Pantaloon Retail as a number one retailer in the country. While retail continues to form the core business of his Group, Mr. Biyani has guided the group to foray into allied businesses across the widening consumption space of India.

Future group has headquartered in Mumbai, operates under 16,000,000 square feet (1,500,000 m2) of retail space in over 85 cities  and 65 rural locations across India. Pantaloon Retail employs around 35,000 people.

At the heart of the organisation is what Biyani calls the Pantaloon Genes. These precepts are :

We like being simple

Speed is the essence of everything

We like to learn while we execute

We like thrift

We believe that customers are always right

We like to think in terms of the majority of people

We take pride in our core value of Indian-ness

We believe in ourselves

We do not like to blame others or external factors

We like to think positively in every situation

We like building and nurturing relationships

We love to rewirte rules even as we retain our values

Future Group’s retail arm follows a multi-format retail strategy and some of its leading formats include, Big Bazaar, Central, Food Bazaar, Pantaloons, Ezone, Home Town and Planet Sports.

 It also operates popular shopping portal, futurebazaar.com and rural retail chain, Aadhar. Future Group’s other businesses include financial services, insurance, brand development and logistics. 

Kishore Biyani is a staunch believer in the group’s corporate credo, ‘Rewrite Rules, Retain Values,’ Kishore Biyani considers Indianness as the core value driving the group business. He recently authored the book, ‘It Happened In India.’He also has philanthropic ventures.

Personal Life:

Kishore Biyani was born in August 1961 and is married to Sangita Biyani. They live in Mumbai with their daughters, Ashni and Avni.

Awards:

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award

CNBC Indian Business Leaders Awards 2006 The First Generation Entrepreneur of the Year

Lakshmipat Singhania – IIM Lucknow National Leadership Awards 2006 Young Business Leader