Industry captains on Wednesday paid rich tributes to V G Siddhartha, founder of India's biggest coffee chain Cafe Coffee Day, remembering his entrepreneurial spirit and humble nature but also cautioned entrepreneurs not to let failures destroy their self-esteem.
Industry leaders such as Kiran Mazumdar Shaw of Biocon, automobile czar Anand Mahindra, Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Sachin Bansal of Ola and IT honcho C P Rupani remembered Siddhartha as a "humble and soft speaking" man.
The body of the Cafe Coffee Day founder was found on Wednesday in the Netravati river in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka after 36 hours of intense search.
In a tweet, Biocon Chairperson and Managing Director Kiran Mazumdar Shaw said, "My deepest condolences to VG Siddhartha's widow Malavika and his sons and to Shri & Smt SM Krishna and family. RIP."
Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma tweeted that he was "saddened beyond words."
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