KOCHOUSEPH CHITTILAPPILLY

• Known for Business, Philanthropy and Humanism

• MSc in Physics • Took up the post of a trainee

supervisor in an electric and electronic manufacturing company in Trivandrum for a stipend of Rs 150/-

• In 1977, he founded V-Guard Industries, a small electronics manufacturing unit for the production of voltage stabilizers with a capital of ₹100,000

Cont…• 500 distributors, 3000 dealers, 20,000

retailers and a network of service centres across India

• Supporting a product range composed of Pumps and Motors, Electric and Solar Water Heaters, Wiring Cables, UPS, and Ceiling Fans

• The company has an Indian market share of 20 percent in UPS segment, 15 percent in pumps, 12 percent in water heaters and 7 percent in wiring cables segments

Cont…• In the year 2000 he started the first

water theme park in Kochi – Veegaland ( later named as Wounderla) and in 2005 he started Wounderla In Bangalore

• V-Guard industries has a net worth of ₹ 2,700 Cr

• Net profit• V Guard – 70.72 Cr• Wounderla – 50.63 Cr

• Books– Practical Wisdom, in 2005,– Practical Wisdom 1: In Real Life and

Management (2010)– Practical Wisdom 2: In Real Life and

Management (2012)–  Autobiographical work,

Ormakkilivathil (Down Memory Lane) in 2011

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