Kaya Clinic (also known as Kaya Skin Clinic) is an Indian multinational

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, and bodycare treatment provider. It was founded in 2003 by

Harsh Mariwala Harsh Mariwala is an Indian entrepreneur, who is the founder and Chairman of Marico, a Fortune India 500 company from Gujarat. Mariwala began his career in 1971 with Bombay Oil Industries which was controlled by his family. After working with h ...

, the chairman of

Marico Marico Limited is an Indian multinational Consumer goods Company providing consumer products and services in the areas of health, beauty and wellness. With its headquarters in Mumbai, Marico is present in over 25 countries across Asia and A ...

. There are more tha
75 Kaya Clinics
across 26 cities in India. Kaya also has 23 clinics across 3 countries in

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and

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portals in India &

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History

Harsh Mariwala conceptualized the prototype of Kaya Skin Clinic at Marico's corporate office in 2002. The company was incorporated on 27 March 2003 as part of Marico Limited. In 2010, Kaya Limited acquired Singapore-based company Derma Rx, which they later divested to KV Asia Capital in December 2013. It was demerged from Marico in September 2013 to become an independent entity called Marico Kaya Enterprises and its shares began trading on NSE and BSE in July 2014. In May 2015, as a result of a

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, Marico Kaya shares were suspended from trading, and shareholders were allotted equal number of Kaya Limited shares, which got listed on the exchanges in August 2015. In 2016, Kaya rebranded itself as Kaya Clinic.

Business

Kaya Skin Clinic

There are 73 clinics spread across 26 cities in India and 23 clinics, spread across 3 countries and 9 cities, in the Middle East. It is the largest international chain of skincare clinics in the Middle East with presence across

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. Kaya offer
laser hair removal
anti-ageing,

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, scars, hair, body contouring, for both women and men.

Kaya Skin Bar

In 2013, Kaya introduced Kaya Skin Bar in India to tap the large skin and hair concern market. Kaya Skin Bars are shop-in-shop outlets across Shoppers Stop, Lifestyle, Health & Glow and other such chains.

Kaya E-Commerce

Kaya also launched its own e-commerce platform both in India & Middle East. Kaya's products are also available at other online portals like

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, and Big Basket in India, and Amazon and Noon in the Middle East.

Shareholding

The majority of the Kaya Limited's shares (60.70%) are held by the promoters group. The rest is divided between the individual public (20.93%), foreign institutions (6.30%), Mutual Funds (3.63%), Body Corporate (5.65%) and others as on 7 August 2015. Indian investor and fund manager Porinju Veliyath, on behalf of his portfolio management firm Equity Intelligence India Ltd, bought a 5% stake in Kaya Limited on 8 June 2017.

References

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