My ‘thank you’ speech on the listing of Burger King India Limited

 When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree

To quote…..‘Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny’ …end of quote…..this is what Jawaharlal Nehru said on the eve of India’s freedom in his speech. It is the same for us at Burger King India when we decided to go public. It was a ride of a lifetime. The journey had its moments, easy and tough. But we had a Whopper of an outcome.

We have a lot of people to thank for.

Vande Mataram, thank you to Mother India for this beautiful country we live and love; and the opportunities it provides. Thank you to our 10 crore customers who have tasted at Burger King.

Thank you, to our promoters, QSR Asia; and the two Parents: First, Restaurant Brand International, 3G Capital and Jose Cil, the CEO, thank you.

Second, Everstone Group and their co-founders SS and AK. Thank you

Thank you to the most important person who was actually coming back to India to spend time with his father and went to build this brilliant franchise for India, Raj Varman, Thank you dil se sir. You inspire us every day to be humble, be hard working and be hungry. We will always remember that.

Thank you to our simply sublime leadership team at BK and every member including the crew who serves you with a smile. Thank you fellow BK India members.

Thank you to every Board Member of BK India for guiding us every day.

Thank you to our supply partners, distribution partners, vendors, media and other agencies. Thank you to our real estate developers.

Thank you to the entire team that worked relentlessly on the IPO: Kotak, CLSA, JM, and Edel our BRLMs. Thank you to the legal advisors, to consultants, to auditors, to registrars, and to every intermediary that worked on the IPO.

Thank you to the print, TV and online media; and to Adfactors.

And a big, big thank you to the 20 lakh applicants who made applications to the Buger King IPO and 56,000+ investors who trusted us with their savings. We won’t let you down.

And thank you BSE for hosting us. 

Pandit Nehru’s freedom speech ends with the words…to quote….. ‘We have hard work ahead. There is no resting for any one of us till we redeem our pledge in full’ …end of quote. Same for us at Burger King India too.

Thank you all.

Dhanyawad.