Who is Ravi Jaipuria?

What does he do?

CEO, RJ Corp.

Quiz: What does he do?

1. He sells pizza.

2. He manufactures cola beverages.

3. He sells ice creams.

4. He sells coffee.

5. He sells idlis and dosas.

6. He sells fried chicken and burgers.

Answer: All of the aboveRavi Jaipuria is Delhi-NCR’s tallest business leaders

• He is founder of RJ Corp. It’s a holding company for the businesses in food, dairy, bottling.

• He is also the founder of Devyani International, which manages KFC, Pizza Hut, Vango, Creambell and Costa Coffee.

Some numbers please:

• RJ Corp’s revenue for FY18 was more than INR 10,000 crore.

• Devyani International operates over 450 stores in 12 states.

• Varun Beverages revenue is more than INR 4000 crore.

• It is Pepsi India’s largest bottler, in 21 states, serving 30 crore Indians.

Fun facts:

• RJ Corp failed in setting up a dairy business and radio business.

• They also run retail business, schools and hospitals.

• Jaipuria family is strictly vegetarian. A chef flew with them to cook their food abroad.

• Ravi Jaipuria’s holi party at his Prithviraj Road residence is talk of the town.

Dig more:

• Varun Beverages is an outlier

• Devyani Food International is going for IPO

• Retail and consumer quarterly by PWC