Cafe Coffee Day founder, VG Siddhartha was pronounced dead after his body was recovered from Nethravathi river near Mangaluru early morning on 31st July.
Extensive search operations were launched after the 60-year-old CCD founder went missing on Monday, 29th July. Further, a letter by him fueled the speculations that he might have committed suicide. In his letter, Siddhartha talked about failing as an entrepreneur. He wrote:
"I would like to say I gave it my all. I am very sorry to let down all the people that put their trust in me."
Born in a family of coffee planters in Karnataka's Chikkamagaluru district, Siddhartha never wanted to be into the business of coffee plantation.
His family owned some 350 acres of coffee estate and he could have easily been a part of the same, but a man of ambition, he wanted to do something of his own.
He always wanted to be an investment banker. After completing his masters in Economics, Siddhartha started his career as a Management Trainee at JM Financial & Investment Consultancy in Mumbai.
After working there for 2 years, he returned to Bangalore and took over a company called Sivan Securities which later went on to be known as Way2Wealth Securities Ltd.
In 2015, he was listed as the 75th richest man in India in the Forbes India list.
With more than 1500 outlets spread across 209 cities across India, CCD remains India's largest coffee chain, even today. The cafe also has an international presence in countries like Vienna, the Czech Republic, Malaysia, Nepal and Egypt.
Siddhartha was an ambitious man from the beginning and his sudden disappearance and demise has started a conversation on Twitter about the need of talking to people around you if something bothers you.
Source - SnoopWoop