4 sportspersons Turned Entrepreneurs Replicating Their Success In Business Field. Taking #inspiration from sportspersons turned #entrepreneurs

1. 4 SPORTSPERSONS
TURNED ENTREPRENEURS
REPLICATING THEIR
SUCCESS IN BUSINESS
FIELD
SOURCE: ENTREPRENEUR.COM

2. LEANDER PEAS
He got India an Olympic bronze in 1996,
ending a drought of 44 years. He is still
making India proud and will continue to do
so even after his career in tennis, through
his sports management company called
Leander Sports. Set up in 2005, Leander
Sports is this tennis stars’ high-school
dream, which provides diversified expertise
in sports, media, sports content and sports
infrastructure. Paes has also given
motivational talks at Microsoft, GE, Nestle,
Coca-Cola and the Tatas, and recently signed
up with IMG-Reliance, which wants to
develop sports, fashion and entertainment
properties in India. He plans to venture into
animation and apparel as well.

3. GAGAN NARANG
He was the first Indian to qualify for London
Olympics 2010 and won 4 gold medals at the
Commonwealth games in 2010. It is his love
for shooting that he wants to promote the
sport by blooding young talents at the right
time in order to produce newer stars through
his shooting academy called Guns for Glory.
Narang oversees the academy as Director, with
National Level rifle shooter Pawan Singh and
actor Nana Patekar. Situated in Pune, Guns for
Glory provides world class infrastructure and
has brought together a bevy of foreign
Coaches, a foreign Grip Maker, Sports Injury
Management Team, Physiotherapist, and
Equipment Control and so on.

4. SAINA NEHWAL
Nehwal has touched many milestones in
badminton. Some include, being the only Indian
badminton player to have won an Olympic medal;
only Indian to have won medals in all of the BWF
major individual events, namely Olympics, BWF
World Championships, and the BWF World Junior
Championships; only female player from India and
second from India to have attain the world no. 1
ranking, and again, the first Indian woman to make
it to the finals of the All England Open. Phew! Now
with so much on her plate, Sania has ventured into
business by investing into startu-ps. She made her
first investment in health start-up ‘Paree’ and also
endorsed the product. She has a dedicated
sporting range with the multinational sports goods
manufacturer Yonex, 4% of the profits of which
goes to her.

5. ABHINAV BINDRA
In his 20 year old career filled with
accomplishments, the one which shines out is
being the only individual gold win by an Indian at
the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Bindra’s
performance in Rio Olympics was equally
compelling. Though he missed the bronze by a
whisker, his performance still fetched him quite a
bit accolades. With Olympics, Bindra’s one goal
was achieved and now the entrepreneur in him is
getting ready for another shot. He has set-up a
startup incubation fund by the name Shooting
Star LLP. His existing company Abhinav Futuristics
has a sporting division to it which is into
technology, fitness and health. It also has a JV
with Walther to manufacture the rifles in India. So
far his fund ‘Shooting Star LLP’ has made two
initial investments.