Laxmi Narasimhan
Founder
Laxmi Narasimhan’s professional profile reads him as an Industrial Engineer from College of Engineering , Guindy and PGDM from IIM Calcutta, PGP29. He is a consumer goods Entrepreneur in Residence with stints at Coca-Cola India, ITW Signode, TATA Motors and Diageo India. He partnered PEs and strategic players in acquisition and turnround of assets in Alcoholic beverages domain and is credited with raising capital and bringing about two back to back acquisitions , namely Molson Coors India and popular brands of Diageo India. Where he was MD , CEO and key shareholder. At work he is mimed for his pet peeve of chiding people for not retaining and carrying forward institutional memory resulting in death and decay of marquee brands and businesses. Holding forth “The struggle of a man against persecution is the struggle of memory against forgetting”.
He comes from an Armed forces background, and a family in which education was not just the best option but the only option.. Siblings for who Amar Chitra Katha, Astreix, Indrajal and the likes became daily staple. Laxmi is married to Rachana and they stay in Mumbai.