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Harjeev Kandhari (born 9 April 1975) is the Founder and CEO of the tyre manufacturing company Zenises, the Founder and Chairman of the Zenises Foundation and the Non-Executive Chairman of Walpole Capital.
Contents
- Early life
- Education
- Personal life
- The Zenises Group
- ZTYRECOM
- Commitment to Social Impact The Zenises Foundation
- References
He founded Zenises in 2014 and its Z Tyre brand entered the Guinness Book of World Records for selling the most expensive tyres in the world.
Early life
Harjeev Kandhari was born in Hyderabad in India but moved to Dubai when he was 11 months old in 1976. He then moved to Europe for his education and early career. He worked at Merrill Lynch London in Corporate Finance, and then at New Media Spark in Venture Capital where he was one of the founders of EO.com – one of the first platforms to do IPOs online. He moved back to Dubai in 2002 to run his family business, developing one of the most technically advanced battery plant in the world and growing the turnover of the Group to over a billion dirhams. On July 13, 2016, Harjeev Kandhari was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of Warpole Capital.
Education
Kandhari was educated at Rugby School in the UK. He then studied at the London School of Economics for a one year diploma in mathematical economics before pursuing his BA and MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford. He also has an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD in France.
Personal life
Kandhari is married to Manika Kaur and has a son Siraj. They currently live between Dubai and London. Harjeev Kandhari also claims to be a travel enthusiast.
The Zenises Group
Kandhari formed the Zenises Group in 2014 with a commitment to ensure that all his businesses have considerable social impact. In order to underscore the importance of this the first entity to be created within the Zenises Group was the Zenises Foundation. The Zenises Group manufactures and sells its own brands of Z tyres and T Tyres in addition to helping market brands for some of the largest tyre factories in Asia. It distributes Westlake, Triangle, iLink, Kapsen, and Ardent. The multinational also has offices in Germany, Italy, Spain, and Australia.
ZTYRE.COM
ZTYRE.COM is the private tyre brand of Zenises, focused on bringing the consumer a certified premium tyre of the highest quality at an affordable price. Z Tyre is the current holder of the Guinness World Record for the most expensive tyres sold in the world. This award was presented in May 2016 when Z Tyre sold a set of tyres for $600,000. The tyres are tipped with 24-carat gold and specially selected diamonds in Italy, with the final application of a layer of gold leaf done by specialists in UAE. Z Tyre is also the first tyre company in the world to offer tyres as a service rather than a product. In partnership with Alzura.com in Germany it has launched a scheme that has many people referring to ZTYRE as the Netflix of tyres. This scheme allows consumers to pay a flat monthly rate and covering all tyre related costs, and allowing customers to fit or upgrade tyres when needed. The service is currently available through Alzura X and its 600 partner stores nationwide.
Commitment to Social Impact - The Zenises Foundation
The Zenises Group donates 10% of all profits to its own charity, the Zenises Foundation, to support philanthropic and educational initiatives.
The efforts of the Zenises foundation are threefold: