King's Introduction : Mr.Pradip Marathe of 'Cottonking' Brand & Empire. #brandstory #entrepreneur #sucessstory #brand #India #Pune

Got an opportunity to Introduce Mr.Pradip Marathe Founder of cotton King ; following was my effort to study him first & then introduce to my BNI members. Am delighted to know he loved the introduction.

"What is common between :

Sam Walton - Founder of Walmart

Donald Fisher founder of Brand GAP

Amanico Ortega founder of ZARA

& Mr.Pradip Marathe founder of brand 'Cottonking'

Any guesses ?they all started creating & building their Branded business at the age of 40

A Game changer who entered the game of business at the age of 40

An Engineer + MBA who worked with for 15 years in a sucessful Corporate job life , a Gm - Marketing All India at Kirloskar Brothers took the leap of faith at peak of his career & jumped in the unchartered waters

In his own words you have to jump in water to Swim

Phases of Business

1996 - 1 store - Trading

2006 - 10 stores - Manufacturing -

2016 - 100 stores - Expansion

More than 150 Stores of Cottonking as of now & adding LinenKing & Tyzer it's more than 250 Stores.

An Entrepreneur who used First mover advantage to the fullest in the most focused manner & established a business empire of few hundred crores with more than 1000 employees & is not only present n 5 states of India but also features in top 5 ranks with National conglomerate brands in terms of Productivity & innovation at back end

With my sources inside Cotton king , tell me He is the most Humble & down to earth person they all know ,who loves & follows discipline & always punctual .All employees respect him so much that its an Aura for them & in Puneri Marathi it sums up as ?????????? ???

I believe Brands are never born, they are built, inch by inch.

Here is the Man who built it ."