Successful Indian Businessman: HIDESIGN BAG Here is a true story of 63 year old Mr.Dilip Kapur founder president of Hidesign an international brand holder for Leather bags and ventured in to manufacturing accessories like sunglasses, pens etc., Mr.Dilip Kapurs father had a shoe manufacturing factory at Delhi and it was sold by his mother to another so that they want to settle down at Pondicherry Aurobindu ashram. At that time Dilip kapur was just 5 years old and at the age of 15 he moved out of country to USA for his studies in the year 1964. He passed out Phd.in International affairs. He prefered to come back to India and worked for about 9 months in a leather factory. His fascinations to design leather bags as a hobby turned out in to a business venture when his first bag designed by him was offered a fancy price of Rs.300 by his friend. Then he decided to enter in to manufacturing leather bags with an investment of Rs.25000 under the brand name Hidesign in 1978 and wanted to use eco friendly vegetable tanning instead of chemical tanning. He first employed a cobbler Mr.Murugayan. Then Murugayan brought his nephew Mani, the third employee was 16 year old pramila. Mani & Pramila got married and even now after 32 years they work in his factory. Today his business worth over Rs.100 crore with 62 exclusive showrooms and a distribution network in 23 nations employing about 2000 workers.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 05:17:12 +0000
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