Kishore Biyani is the Group CEO of Future Group and Managing Director of Pantaloon Retail. Over the years he has led the emergence of Pantaloon Retail as the leading retailer in the country. While retail continues to form the core business of Future Group, Mr. Biyani has led the group’s foray into allied businesses spanning the consumption space.
Led by its flagship enterprise, Pantaloon Retail, the group operates around 15 million suqare feet of retail space in over 71 cities and towns and 65 rural locations across India. Headquatered in Mumbai (Bombay), Pantaloon Retail employs around 30,000 people and is listed on the Indian stock exchanges.
Future Group’s retail arm follows a multi-format retail startegy and some of its leading formats include, Big Bazaar, Central, Food Bazaar, Pantaloons, Ezone, Home Town and Planet Sports. It also operates popular shopping portal, futurebazaar.com and rural retail chain, Aadhar. Future Group’s other businesses include financial services, insurance, brand development and logistics.
A staunch believer in the group’s corporate credo, ‘Rewrite Rules, Retain Values,’ Kishore Biyani considers Indianness as the core value driving the group. He recently authored the book, ‘It Happened In India.’
Kishore Biyani was born in August 1961 and is married to Sangita Biyani. They live in Mumbai with their daughters, Ashni and Avni.
