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CCD founder VG Siddhartha dead: Tributes pour in for India's coffee king

Several business leaders, including Tech Mahindra CEO CP Gurnani, Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal and Britannia Industries' MD Varun Berry have expressed their condolences on the Cafe Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha's demise.

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By CNBC-TV18 Aug 1, 2019 7:48:31 AM IST (Updated)

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CCD founder VG Siddhartha dead: Tributes pour in for India's coffee king
Several business leaders, including Tech Mahindra CEO CP Gurnani, Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal and Britannia Industries' MD Varun Berry have expressed their condolences on the Cafe Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha's demise.

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The body of Siddhartha, who went missing Monday evening, was found near Karnataka's Netravathi river, police said on Wednesday. He was 60.
The body was found by two fishermen following the 36-hour-long massive search in the river.
Rajiv Bajaj, managing director of Bajaj Auto
"V G Siddhartha was my soft spoken, gentle mannered, warm hearted & uncommonly humble co awardee at a Forbes Oct 2011 event. Hearing of his helpless pain enveloped me in a deep sadness yesterday. No well intentioned man & his family deserve today's crushing confirmation. May God bless his kind soul, give every strength to his folks, & help the world mend it's ways."
CP Gurnani, CEO at Tech Mahindra
"Very sad day , salute his entrepreunership ..some of us were daydreaming that he may not have jumped off the bridge ...wish he had stayed alive to fight . My heart goes out to his family. May his soul RIP".
Varun Berry, managing director at Britannia Industries
“Extremely sad! I had met him a few times. He was unassuming, humble & extremely pleasant. Nothing in this world is worth taking one’s own life. Businesses will have ups & downs and there needs to be the right forum to resolve issues. And if businessmen start to take things to heart then we will not have new businesses in this country. Feel really bad about this. I wish it wasn’t true.”
Bhaskar Bhat, managing director at Titan Co
“I didn't know him at all but always admired what he build so boldly globally. Most interesting for us was their employment model of both direct in company employees and pricing up kids who needed employment and training them to become exceptional baristas. Another attribute is the maintenance of their outlets with a clean toilet in every one of them.”
Kiran Majumdar Shaw, managing director of Biocon
Sachin Bansal, co-founder of Flipkart
Kapil Chopra, chairman of the board- EazyDiner | CEO - The Postcard Hotel
Vishal Gondal, founder and CEO of GOQii
Vijay Mallya, founder of now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines
 
Muralidhar Rao, national general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party

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