Prem Ganapathy
Indian entrepreneur and businessman (born 1973)
Prem Ganapathy is an Indian entrepreneur and businessman. He is the founder of the restaurant chain Dosa plaza.2
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Born 1973.1
About
Starting with meager investment, he expanded Dosa plaza into a restaurant chain with 72
outlets in India, New Zealand, Oman, and UAE.
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Companies
- Dosa plazaFounder7
Early life and education
Ganapathy was born in Nagalapuram in Thoothukudi district in the state of Tamil Nadu. He had seven siblings. Ganapathy completed class X after which he left for Madras (now Chennai) in search of a job. He did multiple jobs in Chennai before running away to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1990. Ganapathy was stranded in Bombay with no money and no knowledge of the local language. He started working in a bakery with the help of a Tamil family.
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Career
Occupation: businessperson.4
- Date not recordedFounded Dosa plaza3
In 1992, Ganapathy started his own food business, selling idlis and dosas in a handcart opposite the Vashi railway station. In 1997, he rented a shop and started experimenting with various varieties of dosas. In 2003, he opened his first outlet in a mall in Center One Mall at Vashi. As of 2012, Dosa plaza has 45 outlets in 4 countries serving more than 100 varieties of dosas.
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Personal life
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Sources
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- 1WikidataPrem Ganapathy on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPrem Ganapathy on Wikipedia
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- 7WikidataDosa plaza, Founder