VALIRAM GROUP OF MALAYSIA
Patriarch Utumal Valiram the pioneer of Valiram Group came to Malaysia in 1912 used to travelled back and forth between Malaya and India, until 1947, when the state of Sindh, where Utumal was from, became part of Pakistan after the Partition of India then he moved his family here. The first family’s history shop - No.3 Jln Tuanku Abdul those days it was called “Batu Road”. Jethanand take over the business after his father died at the age of 16. Sharan, Ashvin and Mukesh are the third generation in the company and “this is where many management books will say the business falters, management lingo suggests that the first generation that starts the business, the second builds upon it and the third wastes or squanders it”. This is far from the case with the Valirams. In fact, the third generation has taken the company beyond expectation in Malaysia.Valiram boys got individual strength to the business. Sharan takes care of finance, logistics and hr while Ashvin is in charge of marketing and business development and Mukesh manages operations. After graduates they went into the airport retail business and the first core business was selling cloth by metre at Subang International Airport in 1996. Dunhill was the first foreign brand the group acquired then success with flying colors when they opened Coach Store in 2004. Significantly grown each day, the Valiram Group has over 700 employees and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Consists of 3 different business division ; Retail (South East Asia’s leading high fashion and luxury-good boutiques in domestics as well as airport in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Australia), Textiles ( ENVICO the largest importer and stockist of yarns from all over the world supplied to local fabric and textiles manufactures) and Fragrance ( distributors luxury, prestige and children fragrances)