COMPANY DOLLAR INDUSTRIES
FAMILY MEMBERS
FIRST GEN COMPANY
STARTED AS BHAWANI TEXTILES BY DINDAYAL GUPTA IN 1972; GOT RENAMED AS DOLLAR INDUSTRIES IN 2007
SECOND GEN
FOUR BROTHERS JOIN BUSINESS FROM 1980S: VINOD KUMAR GUPTA, MANAGING DIRECTOR BINAY KUMAR GUPTA, EXECUTIVE MANAGING DIRECTOR KRISHNAN KUMAR GUPTA, EXECUTIVE WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR BAJRANG KUMAR GUPTA, EXECUTIVE WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR
THIRD GEN
STARTED JOINING BUSINESS FROM 2014 ONWARDS: ANKIT (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER) AND AYUSH (VICE PRESIDENT), SON OF VINOD KUMAR GUPTA GAURAV (VICE PRESIDENT) AND PALLAVI (VICE PRESIDENT-HR), CHILDREN OF BINAY KUMAR GUPTA VEDIKA (VICE PRESIDENT(MARKETING), DAUGHTER OF KRISHAN KUMAR GUPTA
REVENUE (FY19-20) ₹969.32 CRORE
STRENGTH
A listed company, dollar has carved a big space in innerwear
WEAKNESS
Chunk of the revenue comes from premium men’s wear brand bigboss
OPPORTUNITY
Massive headroom for growth in women’s and kids wear
THREAT
Thin bottom line makes it tough to take bold gambits
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