{"id":267142,"date":"2025-03-26T12:53:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T12:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/how-a-businessman-from-a-small-up-city-built-a-rs-150-crore-cooling-empire\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T12:53:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T12:53:04","slug":"how-a-businessman-from-a-small-up-city-built-a-rs-150-crore-cooling-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/how-a-businessman-from-a-small-up-city-built-a-rs-150-crore-cooling-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"How a businessman from a small UP city built a Rs 150 crore cooling empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-119537134,imgsize-83052.cms?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"How a businessman from a small UP city built a Rs 150 crore cooling empire\" title=\"How a businessman from a small UP city built a Rs 150 crore cooling empire\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"7\">In the early 1990s, when large companies dominated the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/home-appliances-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">home appliances industry<\/a>, a small-town entrepreneur from <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/uttar-pradesh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uttar Pradesh<\/a> set out to carve a space in the competitive market. With a minimal investment, <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rajeev-kumar-gupta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rajeev Kumar Gupta<\/a> started an air cooler manufacturing business in 1992. Growing up in the small village of Sapnawat in Ghaziabad, he saw his father run a Kirana store while his mother managed the household. With limited resources and a highly competitive market, the odds were against him. Yet, he pursued his vision of creating efficient and affordable <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/cooling-solutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cooling solutions<\/a> for <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/indian-households\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian households<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/dynamic_link.cms?msid=107107653&subsecid=1715249553&pos=toppotime:76--><a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/thermocool-home-appliances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thermocool Home Appliances<\/a> initially operated with just six members. Over the years, the company expanded, establishing a strong presence in Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and beyond. From a small office, it grew into a 4,000-square-foot head office, reflecting its transformation from a regional player to a national brand. Today, Thermocool generates a revenue of Rs 150 crore in FY 2024-25.<\/p>\n<p>Thermocool has expanded its product range beyond air coolers to include washing machines, water heaters, televisions, and fans. The company has introduced technologies such as Honeycomb High-Density Cooling Pads, Ice Chamber Cooling, IoT-based real-time monitoring, and AI-based predictive maintenance. <\/p>\n<p>From a small business in 1992 to a recognised name in the home appliance sector, Thermocool\u2019s journey reflects resilience and adaptation to changing market dynamics.<br \/><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:70--><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/how-a-businessman-from-a-small-up-city-built-a-rs-150-crore-cooling-empire\/articleshow\/119537134.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early 1990s, when large companies dominated the home appliances industry, a small-town entrepreneur from Uttar Pradesh set out to carve a space in the competitive market. With a minimal investment, Rajeev Kumar Gupta started an air cooler manufacturing business in 1992. Growing up in the small village of Sapnawat in Ghaziabad, he saw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-119537134,imgsize-83052.cms","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[13956,29112,122,7796,205359,1955,21603,205360,69947,205358,4602,205357,4229],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267144,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267142\/revisions\/267144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}