- LATEST
- WEBSTORY
- TRENDING
BUSINESS
Meet school dropout, fruit vendor's son who did odd jobs at 14, now owns Rs 400 crore company, is regarded as India's...
His father was a small fruit vendor in Karnataka. He routinely helped his father to sell in a small village in Mangalore. He then learnt the skill of picking ripe fruit, plucking it, sorting it, and preserving it.
Updated : May 15, 2024, 06:19 PM IST
 "Naturals Ice Cream")
TRENDING NOW
)
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 vs Singham Again: Despite lower screens Kartik dominates, earns Rs 15 crore from advance booking
)
Nimrat Kaur's shocking comment amid Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan's divorce rumours goes viral: 'I felt sorrry for..'
)
Abhishek Bachchan's statement on living with parents amid divorce rumours with Aishwarya Rai: 'My mother has...'
)
Salman Khan is worse than Lawrence Bishnoi, says superstar's ex-girlfriend Somy Ali: 'He had fractured Aishwarya's...'
)
Singham Again first review out: Ajay Devgn shines in Rohit Shetty film; Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh have 'unique' cameos
)
'Koi shaadi vaadi nahi hai': Bigg Boss 18 contestant Alice Kaushik's boyfriend denies proposing marriage to her, watch
)
Mukesh Ambani's company gets RBI approval, set to operate as an online...
)
Vidya Balan reveals she didn't look in the mirror for six months because a producer told her 'kisi angle se...'
)
Meet man, who built Rs 6400 crore business out from WhatsApp group, failed to pay salaries, Mukesh Ambani is his...
)
Bigg Boss 18: Shilpa Shirodkar breaks down, reveals she wants sister Namrata Shirodkar in house for this reason
)
Meet Salman Khan's 'niece' who rejected film with him, vanished from Bollywood after one blockbuster, now works as...
)
Who is Minahil Malik, Pakistani TikTok star whose alleged private video leaked online?
)
Mukesh Ambani, Nita Ambani's choti bahu Radhika Merchant stunned at Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai's party at Jalsa
)
Bigg Boss Tamil's Oyiva's private video leaks online, actress says 'next time...'
)
Big changes in UPI payment from November 1, Paytm, PhonePe and GPay users must pay attention, it is...
Rags to riches stories are the most inspirational and moving tales that enforce our belief in the power of deduction and persistence.
One such motivational success story is of Raghunandan Srinivas Kamath, the owner of the popular Naturals Ice Cream. He started a multi-crore business by battling all odds.
His father was a small fruit vendor in Karnataka. He routinely helped his father to sell in a small village in Mangalore. He then learnt the skill of picking ripe fruit, plucking it, sorting it, and preserving it.
However, he couldn’t finish his studies and failed school, and eventually dropped out. He then left his father’s business and moved to Mumbai from Mangalore at 14. He started working at his brother’s South Indian restaurant and used to earn a meagre salary.
He then got motivated to start something of his own. So he founded Natural Ice Cream on February 14, 1984, with only four workers and 10 ice cream flavours.
He only used fruit, milk, and sugar to make ice cream. So, to attract new customers, Kamath started selling Pav Bhaji as the main dish and ice cream as a side item. The store began with 12 flavours and due to its delicious taste, it became a famous ice cream parlour.
From his modest and small shop in Juhu, Kamath made Rs 5,00,000 in revenue in its first year. Later, he stopped selling pav bhaji to establish a proper ice cream company.
Thereafter, the business expanded and currently, he has shops in 135 locations across the country. These shopes sell ice cream in 20 flavours.
As per reports, Naturals Ice Cream's retail revenue is around Rs 400 crore, in FY 2020. It was also listed in India's top 10 companies for best customer experience in the KPMG survey. He is also regarded as the 'Ice cream man of India'.
