with a vision to create future entrepreneurs.

Industrialist Anil Jain was always cut out to be an entrepreneur. His father and uncle came to Chennai in the ’60s and started an Auto Finance business and over the years gradually moved to trade in Industrial Stainless steel. They started with one Company in 1976 in the name of Madras Metals and another in 1980 in the name of Bombay Metals. When his father and uncle split in mid 90’s Bombay Metals was handed over to his father. Anil took an active interest in the business even as a school going child and would visit the trading businesses during weekends thus laying the foundation of his business sense. 

One thing that was instilled deep in him was the need to be accountable for all his actions. He did not shy away from menial jobs and never said ‘NO’ to hard work. The point was simple – he had to learn every aspect of the business. His first salary was a mere Rs.15 for counting the collections for his family-owned business. He slowly started learning the trade by helping his father during the mid-’90s until the beginning of 2000. This made him independent from an early age; he traded in the stock market and also sold jeans and T-shirts while in college. He wanted to earn his own money to fund his dreams.

The turning point came after a chance meeting with one of his customers when he was exposed to a new product – Refrigerant gas. After doing some research he knew he has something big in his hands. He was able to foresee exponential growth in the business of HFC gases, by 2010, the use of HFC gases became mandatory as per the Montreal Protocol.

It has only been an amazing journey since then.