Mahesh Madhavan
{{Short description|Indian businessman}}
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| birth_place = Madras (now Chennai), India
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| alma mater = Ramaiah Institute of Technology (BE)
SPJIMR (PGDM)
| occupation = Businessman
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| title = CEO, Bacardi
| term = September 2017-
| predecessor = Mike Dolan
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Mahesh Madhavan (born 1963/1964) is an Indian businessman, and the CEO of Bacardi, the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world, since September 2017.
Early life
Madhavan was born in Madras (now Chennai), India.{{cite web|url=https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2018/10/mahesh-madhavan-lays-out-vision-for-bacardis-future/|title=Mahesh Madhavan lays out vision for Bacardi's future|author=|date=|website=thespiritsbusiness.com|accessdate=7 January 2019}}
Madhavan graduated from the Ramaiah Institute of Technology, with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering,{{cite web |title=Mr. Mahesh Madhavan - New CEO of Bacardi |url=https://www.msritalumni.com/newsroom/news/Mr-Mahesh-Madhavan---New-CEO-of-Bacardi.dz |website=msritalumni.com |access-date=8 July 2021}} and later earned a post graduate diploma in management (PGDM) from SPJIMR in 1988.{{cite web |title=Alumni Achievers |url=https://www.spjimr.org/content/alumni-achievers |website=spjimr.org |access-date=8 July 2021}}
Career
He began his career in engineering, "building warships for the navy", before earning a PGDM and entering the consumer goods sector, initially at International Distillers & Vintners (IDV).
In 1997, Madhavan left IDV and joined Bacardi.
Madhavan was Bacardi's Asia, Middle East and Africa president before being the head for Europe based in Geneva until he succeeded Mike Dolan as CEO on 30 September 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2017/10/bacardi-names-mahesh-madhavan-as-ceo/|title=Bacardi names Mahesh Madhavan as CEO|author=|date=|website=thespiritsbusiness.com|accessdate=7 January 2019}}
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