From Corporate Ventures to Personal Life: Here’s what we know about Pawan Munjal

Everyone knows Pawan Munjal as the Managing Director & CEO of Hero MotoCorp. However, there are many personal as well as professional endeavors of Pawan Munjal that not many people are aware of. We’re here to let you know about his achievements and interests.

Mentioned below are the top ten things that we bet you didn’t know about the CEO of Hero MotoCorp:

1. In 2017, Pawan Munjal was ranked49^th among India’s 50 most powerful people by India Today Magazine.
2. Pawan Munjal has overseen the company’s successful transition from Hero Honda to Hero MotoCorp in 2011.
3. He is among the Board of Governors Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.
4. He is the former chairman of Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited and former vice-chairman of Reliance Petroleum.
5. The journey of Hero MotoCorp started when the Munjal family ventured into the bicycle business as a spare parts supplier in the post-independence era.
6. Munjal is considered to be the main guiding force behind the launch of Hero Indian Sports Academy (HISA) in collaboration with Laureus Foundation to provide equal opportunities in sports to various communities and acknowledge talent in the country.
7. Pawan Munjal is a music buff and likes to listen to jazz, Western classical, old Hindi movie songs and pop.
8. Hero Honda is presently selling about 12,000 units of women-focused scooter brand ‘Pleasure’ every month, and these numbers continue to increase at a fast pace.
9. He actually managed to overtake Bajaj Auto and successfully restructured and streamlined Hero’s rapidly expanding business very soon after he took over the operations of the company.
10. Pawan Munjal is popularly known as the maharaja of motorcycle. He has brought about technological and managerial excellence in the company’s operations over the years and is responsible for the growth and strategic planning of the entire group.
    
    

In addition to this, under the guidance of Pawan Munjal, Hero MotoCorp has expanded its CSR activities from sustainability to programmes to support communities, girl child, women education, specially-abled people and programmes that are focused on road safety.