Kishore Biyani is the founder of Future Group, one of India’s largest brick & mortar retailers & owner of pantaloon retail & Big Bazaar. Kishore’s family was involved in the textile business. In 1983, Kishore Biyani started his venture in textiles. In 1987, Kishore named his business Pantaloon & expanded in various markets. In 2001, he started Big Bazaar a chain of retail store.
Achievements of Kishore Biyani :
- In 2001, Kishore was named the CEO of the year.
- In 2007, Kishore Biyani was titled International Retailer of the Year.
Motivational & Inspirational Quotes of Kishore Biyani :
1. “I believe that we all come to this world to kill time. Therefore, we pick up some activity that we like doing and call it our profession. I call this the time pass theory.”
2. “We live in an imperfect world, and it is meaningless to strive for perfection. It is far better to strive for excellence. Strategy”
3. “A manager always fears making a mistake and that is where he differs from an entrepreneur.”
4. “Manz Wear Private Limited was incorporated on 12th of October 1987. I was a little over twenty-six years old and my last five years had been spent understanding the textile industry.”
5. “For example, when we were designing the uniform for the staff, a lot of people said they should look smart and wear ties, white shirts, etc. Kishorji was completely against it and said that the salesman should never look smarter than his customer. If the customer is Grade 5 on the social ladder, let the salesman look Grade 4.”
Kishore Biyani is now a successful businessman. He did what he thought, he sold what was needed. His strategy & planning were perfect & that is his key to success.