[7][8] In 2016, it was renamed as Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd.[9], Through the Future Group â€” to which he has attracted talented senior employees from companies such as ICICI and Reliance Industries[10] – Biyani has taken an interest in business sectors such as insurance and the media. One of the most sought-after Indian cricket writers who would be wooed by British publications in the 1980's, Bhimani was also on air during the final moments of the famous 1986 tied Test against Australia at Chepauk. [1], Kishore Biyani comes from a family that has been involved in business since the time of his grandfather, who opened a clothes shop in what was then called Bombay after moving there from the village of Nimbi Jodha in Rajasthan. [2], Biyani, who has admitted to making "whimsical decisions", had ignored the prevailing opinion of modelling retail businesses on those in the West and had instead concentrated on concepts that were familiar to India. Kishore Biyani is an Indian Billionare businessman who is the Founder & CEO of Future Group, one of India's biggest brick-and-mortar retailers. By 2009, and despite the worldwide economic downturn of 2008, there were over 100 of these stores across the country, serving over two million customers each week, while Pantaloon Retail employed over 30,000 people and had over 12,000,000 square feet (1,100,000 m2) of retail space across 1000 stores in 71 cities. To the family, kindly receive our heartfelt condolences. He was running the largest retailer in the country and was named as retailer of the year by the National Retail Federation, which at one earlier point had refused even to admit him. While the family is originally from Mandvi in Gujarat’s Kutch, where a clock tower still stands proudly in his grandfather’s name, Kishore’s father Manu Bhai came to Kolkata before Independence. Do you have anything to say or condolence messages to share. Manu Bhai used to help freedom fighters with money. He has said that "I spent the better part of the day outside college with friends, wandering around new places and understanding and interpreting the real world. He is survived by his wife Rita and son Gautam who is also a well-known TV personality. His success continued with the opening of a series of stores under the Big Bazaar brand name from 2001. “He had suffered a cerebral attack a few days back and was undergoing treatment,” a family source said. 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