ABOUT ITC CHAIRMAN Y C DEVESHWAR

1. LEADERSHIP LAB 2
BY SWATHI.D

2. YOGESH CHANDER DEVESHWAR

4. EARLY LIFE AND CAREER

5. I.T.C LIMITED
1910-1970
1970-1974
1974-2000
AFTER 2000

6. Established in August 1910 as a British
owned company named 'Imperial Tobacco
Company of India Limited‘ in Calcutta
Company is headquartered in Kolkata, West
bengal
 It is a successor of W.D & H.O Wills
 It ventured into partnerships in 1911 with
farmers of southern part of India for sourcing leaf
tobacco
ABOUT ITC

7. It sells around 81% of the cigarettes and bidi in Asia
Major brands of cigarettes
Wills Navy Cut,
Gold Flake Kings,
Gold Flake Premium lights,
Gold Flake Super Star,
Insignia,
India Kings,
Classic
555,
Silk Cut,
Scissors
The 'Indian Leaf Tobacco Development Company
Limited' was formed in Guntur district of Andhra
Pradesh in 1912
The first cigarette factory of the company was set up in 1913
at Bangalore
INITIATOR

8. In 1925 it paved way for its first non-tobacco business.
 ITC acquired Carreras Tobacco Company's factory at
Kidderpore in 1935 to further strengthen its presence
 ITC helped to set up indigenous cigarette tissue-paper-
making plant in 1946 to significantly reduce the import cost
 A factory for printing and packaging was set up at
Madras in 1949.
PRINTING AND PACKAGING

9. TOBACCO
COMPANY
CONGLOMERATE
COMPANY
6%
INDIANISATION
DIVERSIFICATION

10. FOOD SECTOR

11. PERSONAL CARE

12. MATCHES AND
AGARBATTIS

13. STATIONERY
In the year 2007 ,Classmate became the
India’s largest notebook brand

14. HOSPITALITY SECTOR
Welcome Group of hotels
Fortune Park hotels
Welcome Heritage Hotels

15. “Sometimes, Not Taking A Risk Is The
Biggest Risk”
CONCLUSION
Deveshwar died on 11 May 2019
India's longest-serving CEO at the time of his death
Earned nearly triple the second-highest salary in his company
His salary was 26 Lakh rupees per month