A retail virtuoso, Vineet Gautam is currently the CEO of BESTSELLER India; the leading Danish clothing company which operates largely throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Canada. In India, BESTSELLER is present under the brand names: JACK & JONES, VERO MODA, ONLY, SELECTED Homme and JUNAROSE.
He augments his current designation with his expertise in retail industry, fashion retail background and education. Mr.Gautam joined BESTSELLER in January 2010 and is leading the business and strategy for the brands in India. In a span of 8 years, Vineet has been able to take the company from 15 doors to 1000 doors. The fashion retail industry is competitive and a place to display strength and power complemented with understanding and foresight, qualities which he excels at.
His forte includes operations to Marketing to Brand Management and Business development. Vineet envisions BESTSELLER to be the largest fashion retailer of the country by 2020.
Prior to assuming his current role, Vineet led the team at United Colors of Benetton and handled retail and business development for all brands under UCB. He also headed Retail vertical for Idea Cellular where he had implemented the complete retail strategy for the Telecom giant. He has also worked for Wills Lifestyle as Operations Manager, Cafe' Coffee Day, Domino's Pizza and Nirula's. A Hotel Management Graduate from IHM-Delhi; he has over 18 years of experience in the Retail and Marketing sector.
Aiming for BESTSELLER to be India's topmost fashion retail company, he believes in facing each new challenge with grit, dignity and humility.