CK Venkataraman is the Managing Director of Titan Company, a Tata-backed company that started as a joint venture with TIDCO in 1984. He has been leading the company as MD since October 2019. He joined the lifestyle company in 1990 as Advertising Manager.
He has around 30 years of experience in the industry. He spent 14 years in the Watches division of Titan Company, mostly in Marketing and then in Sales and Retailing. He moved into the jewellery division of Titan in 2005, where he spent the next 14 years, heading the division. Titan has a market capitalisation of Rs 2,96,000 crore as of September 18, 2023. The per piece share of the company was Rs 3,335 on Monday on NSE. Titan sells watches, jewellery, sunglasses, diamonds etc.
Venkataraman grew up in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He completed his graduation in Mathematics. After a couple of years of working, he went on to get his PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad in 1985. After 5 years of working in the advertising industry (MAA and Mudra Communications), he joined Titan in 1990. His interests include singing, running, cycling and cooking. Titan has come a long way since 1984. It started with one product category. Today, with over 8,000 employees and 16 brands, it has over 2,000 retail stores.
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