Mahesh Madhavan

Mahesh Madhavan (born 1963/1964) is an Indian businessman, and the CEO of Bacardi, the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world, since September 2017.

Early life Madhavan was born in Madras (now Chennai), India.

Madhavan graduated from the Ramaiah Institute of Technology, with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, and later earned a post graduate diploma in management (PGDM) from SPJIMR in 1988.

Career He began his career in engineering, "building warships for the navy", before earning a PGDM and entering the consumer goods sector, initially at International Distillers & Vintners (IDV).