Mr. Dheeraj Gupta is India’s most vocal advocate of franchising; as a tool to deliver and maintain asset light models in the new economy. He speaks internationally on the subject with several industry papers on franchising to his credit.

This finance graduate with a hotel management background is a powerful orator. Jumboking, India’s most trusted QSR brand is his brainchild and having already taken it to a 100 plus stores; Mr. Gupta has undertaken the task of building the first billion dollar QSR brand of Indian origin.

Innovation, operational excellence and unflinching focus have been his mainstay. Mr. Dheeraj is a regular marathoner, avid reader of business biographies, with a special interest in incubating young QSR models; as he believes that there will be at least a dozen Indian QSR brands which will join the billion dollar club over the next decade.