Winning Bizness Desk
Mumbai. From 'Tiger' series films to 'Dhoom-3', bollywood actress Katrina Kaif has shown her prowess by doing dangerous stunts. But very few people know that she is also a master in doing business. The fees of Katrina Kaif, who has been one of the top actresses in Bollywood for 20 years, are in crores. At the same time, she has endorsed many big brands. But do you know that these days Katrina Kaif has also become a business woman and she has also invested a lot in it. From being the most Googled celebrity in India to being the most beautiful woman in the world, Katrina Kaif, who topped the list, started investing in the business in 2018 on an evening in February. She planned to launch a special beauty range named after herself, and today she has her own Kay Beauty make-up brand.
Holds 41.5 percent stake in Nykaa
After shooting for 12 hours, in the evening of February in 2018, Katrina Kaif was discussing her beauty brand with e-commerce company Nykaa. Very soon this discussion became a joint venture and about 3 years ago the Kay Beauty brand was launched. Katrina Kaif holds 41.5 percent stake in Nykaa and K-beauty joint venture. It is a direct subsidiary of Nykaa. Regarding her make-up line, Katrina says that it is one of her biggest dreams. She often collaborates with many make-up artists in the country to promote K-beauty. Incorporates their idea into their business and innovates the product with this. The idea of starting her own beauty line was given to Katrina Kaif by her longtime manager Vivek Kamath. It was he who fixed her meeting with Falguni Nair, the founder of Nykaa. After this, there was a long conversation between the two for about 2 years and only after that the K-beauty brand came into existence.
Nykaa is a unicorn
Nykaa is a Mumbai based e-commerce company. It was started in 2012 by Falguni Nair. Its special thing is that this platform exclusively sells beauty, wellness and fashion products. Not only this, apart from the website, mobile app, the company has opened more than 100 retail stores across the country. In the year 2020, Nykaa got the status of a unicorn startup, it is India's first unicorn startup run by a woman.
