Mahesh Madhavan

Mahesh Madhavan (born 1963/1964) is an Indian businessman, and the CEO of Bacardi, the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world, since September 2017.

Mahesh Madhavan
Born1963 or 1964 (age 59–60)[1]
Madras (now Chennai), India
Alma materRamaiah Institute of Technology (BE)
SPJIMR (PGDM)
OccupationBusinessman
TitleCEO, Bacardi
TermSeptember 2017-
PredecessorMike Dolan

Early life

Madhavan was born in Madras (now Chennai), India.[2]

Madhavan graduated from the Ramaiah Institute of Technology, with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering,[3] and later earned a post graduate diploma in management (PGDM) from SPJIMR in 1988.[4]

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 (IDV).[2]

In 1997, Madhavan left IDV and joined Bacardi.[2]

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.[5][1]

References
  1. "Executive Profile: Mahesh Madhavan". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  2. "Mahesh Madhavan lays out vision for Bacardi's future". thespiritsbusiness.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. "Mr. Mahesh Madhavan - New CEO of Bacardi". msritalumni.com. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. "Alumni Achievers". spjimr.org. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. "Bacardi names Mahesh Madhavan as CEO". thespiritsbusiness.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.


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