CallMeShirley

A friend just brought up if I know Ravi Jaipuria. They apparently made $3Bn this year, and have a networth of $12Bn.

I'd never heard this name earlier, somehow. So I looked up more. They run Varun Beverages. Again, a name I somehow hadn't heard of (maybe I'm not a very avid stock investor).

Varun Beverages (named after his son) apparently is one of the largest bottlers for PepsiCo outside of the US Devyani Foods (named after his daughter) handles outlets for KFC, Pizza Hut etc.

It's super crazy how some of the most successful businesses are just things we see around us, but don't care about as much.

I'm extremely pro startups - hyper scaling tech companies need to exist. But I think a lot of us are missing out on creating legendary businesses that are profitable on day one, just because it's a longer, not as 'glamorized' path.

More of us need to think about this!

14mo ago

LooseGoose

Stealth14mo

I've been saying the same on so many post comments, people just don't care.

They only want to look at the small minority of funded startups (less than 10%) that feature in the news for stupid shit. They ignore lakhs of businesses that are very profitable and don't indulge in flashy promotions or PR.

GentlemanTech

Plivo14mo

I wish there was a better way to find such business options rather than hunches. How to find? Much has been written about software but what about other businesses?

LooseGoose

Stealth14mo

Not sure what you mean by find. To invest in? Or to start?

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth14mo

I didn’t know Varun and Devyani were sibling companies. I know them as separate and big in their game. Both listed in stock market and doing good

roct

Accenture14mo

Same XD

Internetexplorer

Swiggy14mo

Time for me to open my lemonade stand

Dugguu

BFSI14mo

Not sure about this RJ, but most investors would know about Varun Beverages. Its now more valued than some of the FMCG cos themselves, even though its a vendor of an FMCG.

There was an article covering this somewhere may be ken or et recently