Mahesh Madhavan (born 1963/1964) is an Indian businessman, and the CEO of

Bacardi Bacardi Limited ( , , ) is the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world. Originally known for its Bacardí brand of white rum, it now has a portfolio of more than 200 brands and labels. Founded in Cuba in 1862 by Facund ...

, the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world, since September 2017.

Early life

Madhavan was born in Madras (now

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

), India. Madhavan graduated from the

Ramaiah Institute of Technology Ramaiah Institute of Technology (RIT), formerly known as M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT), is a private engineering college located in Bengaluru in the Indian state of Karnataka. Established in 1962, the college is affiliated to Vi ...

, with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, and later earned a post graduate diploma in management (PGDM) from SPJIMR in 1988.

Career

He began his career in engineering, "building warships for the navy", before earning a PGDM and entering the consumer goods sector, initially at

International Distillers & Vintners International Distillers & Vintners was a brewing and wine and spirits distribution company, formed from the 1962 merger of W&A Gilbey and Justerini and Brooks. History W&A Gilbey was founded in 1857 as a gin distillery by Sir Walter Gilbey, but ...

(IDV). In 1997, Madhavan left IDV and joined Bacardi. Madhavan was Bacardi's Asia, Middle East and Africa president before being the head for Europe based in Geneva until he succeeded Mike Dolan as CEO on 30 September 2017.

References

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