Future Group

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Future Group, led by its founder and Group CEO, Mr.

Kishore Biyani, operates some of


India’s most popular retail formats that include Pantaloons, Big Bazaar, Central, Home
Town, Ezone and Food Bazaar. While retail forms the core business activity of Future Group,
the group has developed significant presence in consumer finance, capital, insurance, brand
development, retail media and logistics.

The group’s retail formats bring in around 250 million customer footfalls every year and
provide a platform for over 30,000 small, medium and large entrepreneurs in India to sell
their products and services to these customers. The group has a retail presence in 85 cities
and 65 rural destinations and employs over 35,000 people directly.

The group’s flagship enterprise, Pantaloon Retail India Limited was founded in 1987 and is
listed in the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange since 1991. The
company along with its subsidiaries operates around 16 million square feet of retail space in
the country. Other group companies include, Future Capital Holdings, a financial services
company, Future Ventures, engaged in operating and investing in allied businesses, Future
Supply Chain Limited which operates a nation-wide logistics and warehousing network,
Future Brands India Limited, a brand and intellectual property rights development
corporation and Future Human Development Limited, an educational and manpower training
company with campuses in Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Kolkata that offers degree programs
in association with IGNOU.

Over the years, the group has also developed successful partnerships with Indian and foreign
companies. The group has partnered with Tata Group to operate the brand T24 as a telecom
service provider for its customers. It also operates rural retail chain in partnership with
Godrej Group. Some of the include joint ventures includes ones with Generali, an Italy-based
insurance major which is among the three largest insurers in the Europe, Staples Inc, the
largest office stationery retailer in the world and French fashion brand, Celio. The group also
has exclusive brand license partnerships with leading global brands like Lee Cooper,
Converse, Callaway, Prince, Spalding and Wilson.

Future Group believes in developing strong insights on Indian consumers and building
businesses based on Indian ideas, as espoused in the group’s core value of ‘Indianness.’ The
group’s corporate credo is, ‘Rewrite rules, Retain values.’

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