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Achal Bakeri

Indian entrepreneur and founder, chairman and managing director

Achal Bakeri is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur and founder, chairman and managing director of Symphony Limited.2

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Born 1960.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUSC Marshall School of Business3
  • Date not recordedCEPT University3

Bakeri was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, to father Anil Bakeri, a real estate businessman, and mother Hansabahen.

Bakeri completed his diploma in architecture from CEPT University, located in Ahmedabad, and a Master of Business Administration in the United States from the University of Southern California, located in Los Angeles, California.

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Career

Occupation: academic.5

He returned to India and started working with his father's real estate business in Ahmedabad.

Symphony

In February 1988, Bakeri started Symphony Limited in Ahmedabad with a seed capital of INR 100,000. The company was about to go bankrupt in 2002, but after purchasing a majority stake in a Mexico company, Bakeri claims it became the world's largest air-cooler manufacturing company. In February 2017, Symphony launched air cooler with multiple features like touch screen, voice assist, mosquito repellent.

Awards and recognitions

Bakeri is the recipient of awards including:

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Associations

Bakeri also serves as a director of Symphony Limited, Sanskrut Tradecom Private Limited, Bakeri Engineering & Infrastructure, Harmony Holdings Private Limited, Oras Investments Private Limited, Paratam Investments Private Limited and Bakeri Urban Development.

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Personal life

  • Born1960, Ahmedabad6
  • CitizenshipIndia7

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