Muktesh "Micky" Pant (born 1954) is an Indian
marketing executive who was the former
CEO of
Yum China and
Reebok India.
Education
Pant graduated from the
Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India.
Career
Pant started his career in the marketing department of
Hindustan Lever. Subsequently, Pant worked for
PepsiCo
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and then
Reebok, where he helped found
Reebok India – Pant was employee number 1.
After a stint as global brand manager at Reebok, Pant became chief marketing officer at Yum! Brands in 2005. In this capacity, Pant was responsible for overseeing marketing practices at the world's largest fast food restaurant company. Yum! has more than 37,000 restaurants worldwide in 110 countries. During Pant's tenure, Yum! has targeted non-US markets heavily in response to increased
consumer spending
Consumer spending is the total money spent on final goods and services by individuals and households.
There are two components of consumer spending: induced consumption (which is affected by the level of income) and autonomous consumption (which ...
on food in the developing world.
References
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Living people
IIT Kanpur alumni
People from Nainital
Indian emigrants to the United States
American people of Indian descent
American chief executives of Fortune 500 companies
1954 births