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VG Siddhartha
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- Born 29 September 2025
- Birth Place Thanoodi, Mysuru State
- Profession Businessman
- Company Café Coffee Day
- Designation Chairman & MD, Café Coffee Day
- Citizenship India
- Residence Bengaluru
VG siddhartha BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 11 Dec 2024
Veerappa Gangaiah Siddhartha Hegde (1958 or 1959 – 29 July 2019): A Coffee Day Legacy
Siddhartha Hegde, a prominent Karnataka businessman, founded and led the Coffee Day Enterprises, a significant player in India's cafe chain industry. His business acumen extended beyond Coffee Day, with board m...
VG siddhartha PERSONAL LIFE
| Education | St. Aloysius Mangalore, Mangalore University |
VG SIDDHARTHA NEWS
CCD founder VG Siddhartha cremated, leaders across party lines pay tribute
August 01, 2019 4:57 am
The body of Siddhartha, who was the son-in-law of former External Affairs Minister and former Karnataka Chief minister S M Krishna, was found on the banks of Nethravathi river near Mangaluru at 4.30 am on Wednesday.
Cafe Coffee Day founder’s body recovered from river bank; firm names interim chief
August 01, 2019 4:41 am
Siddhartha’s body was taken to Wenlock Hospital in Mangalore for a post mortem and was later transported to his native Chattanahalli village in the coffee district of Chikamagalur for the last rites.
Congress, TMC target govt over CCD founder VG Siddhartha’s death
August 01, 2019 2:47 am
Raising the issue in Lok Sabha, Congress’s Manish Tewari cited Siddhartha’s alleged letter in which he referred to “tremendous pressure” from lenders and “harassment” from Income Tax officials.
Top news today evening: BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar booked by CBI, mortal remains of CCD owner brought home, and more
July 31, 2019 6:32 pm
From the BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar being booked by the CBI in the Unnao rape case to the mortal remains of CCD owner VG Siddhartha being brought back home to a man canceling his Zomato order over delivery person's religion, here are the top news stories for the evening.
Indians mourn Cafe Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha's demise with #CCDMemories
July 31, 2019 6:28 pm
People spoke about how they had gone on dates, met their future spouses and struck business deals over a cup of coffee in a Cafe Coffee Day outlet.
Panchkula: Business as usual at outlets, regular visitors reminisce time spent at CCD
July 31, 2019 12:22 pm
Some of the regular visitors of the CCD, who share an emotional bond with the cafe owing to the years spent here recount their experience.
Coffee Day Enterprises shares further plummet 20 per cent; hit lowest trading permissible limit
July 31, 2019 11:32 am
The company's board has held emergency meeting following disappearance of Siddhartha and also reviewed the letter purportedly signed by him and shared copies with relevant authorities, Coffee Day Enterprises said in a regulatory filing.
CCD owner's death: Kiran Shaw slams PE firm, Mahindra says business failure need not destroy self-esteem
August 01, 2019 8:09 am
Reacting to the demise of VG Siddhartha, Biocon MD Kiran Mazumdar Shaw said that it is a "shocking and sad end" to a quiet n unassuming pioneer who started the coffee cafes business ahead of Starbucks in India.
CCD owner VG Siddhartha dead: What happened since the coffee tycoon went missing
July 31, 2019 2:00 pm
Cafe Coffee Day owner VG Siddhartha found dead: In the last 24 hours since his disappearance, a purported letter written by him to his employees became public, giving a sense of the financial strain he was under. Here is the sequence of what all happened since Siddhartha went missing.
