
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!
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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.

Time for me to open my lemonade stand

Varun beverages has been a dream company in big schools for so many years . It's not a new company in any way

on one hand we have startups that are mostly known for innovations in tech and on other we have traditional businesses, both of which can be profitable and scalable.
Another great sign is that none of them go around sharing (regurgitated) gyaan on KinkedIn and Twatter

We all know one Jaipuria brand though, just didn't know Jaipuria owns it - Cream Bell

Territorial business are most profitable. Even in the US, most of the people in top 1% businesses are involved in soda distribution and automobile dealerships.

Only baniya and jains have this power of remain humble and don't show off.