Family and Fortune

The Tainwala Group, founded by Dr Ramesh Tainwala, has prospered and diversified into many segments over time. Dr Tainwala himself heads Samsonite as its CEO today. His son, Ayush Tainwala, at a very young age, has taken over the reins of their business, working as the executive director of Bagzone Lifestyle Private Limited.

- Ashutosh Gotad

DR RAMESH TAINWALA’S INSPIRING STORY is of a man who has overcome every challenge thrown at him, who has excelled at every opportunity that has come his way and who has been there and done it all—from laying the foundations of the now flourishing Tainwala Group to bringing brand Samsonite to India. Following in his footsteps now is his son, Ayush Tainwala, who, with his father, is setting examples for their peers to follow.

The journey so far

The story goes that Dr Ramesh Tainwala was once rejected for a management trainee’s job at Indian luggage giant VIP Industries. A few years later, he became one of their vendors, supplying raw material and plastic sheets to the company. Using the knowledge gathered thus as a springboard, he started the Tainwala Chemicals & Plastics India Limited in 1985. Thereon the company diversified into many industry verticals, and today Dr Ramesh Tainwala is the global CEO of Samsonite, apart from heading several companies, including Periwinkle Fashions Private Limited (which is the parent group of Planet Retail Holdings Private Ltd), Bagzone Lifestyles Private Limited, Samsonite, Middle East FZCO, Samsonite South Asia Private Ltd and Wacoal India Private Ltd. The Tainwala Group also has many subsidiaries, which are headed by different people.