Harjeeve Kandhari

Harjeeve Kandhari is an entrepreneur, businessman, tyre expert, and luxury travel enthusiast. An ardent believer in giving back to disadvantaged communities, he combines years of business experience and a deep commitment to philanthropy to fuel charitable initiatives both in India, Africa and Europe.

Mr. Kandhari is the Founder and CEO of Zenises, the premier global tyre company that focuses on the fusion of technical advances, aesthetical beauty, and the balance of precision, safety, customer service, and style.

Harjeeve Kandhari earned a diploma from the London School of Economics and a BA Honors and MA from the University of Oxford, all by the age of 21. He later went on to garner an MBA from INSEAD in France.

After Oxford, Mr. Kandhari entered the world of investment banking at Merrill Lynch, where he did corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions in the telecommunications and technology sector in the London office. He then went on to help manage the UAE Corporate Finance and Advisory practice of the firm based out of London. After garnering extensive experience in the finance, telecom, and tech sectors, Mr. Kandhari was one of the first people to join in the founding of technology private equity firm New Media Spark in the UK, where he was instrumental in setting up one of the first platforms to do IPOs online – EO.com.

While in the UK, Mr. Kandhari was called to return to Dubai to revive his family’s business from near bankruptcy. He focused on recapitalizing the company through building relationships with 14 banks. He then changed the business model to focus on contract manufacturing from China for his own private brand as opposed to only localized and regional distribution of other’s brands. This private brand allowed him to expand the business into the global market – with a focus on Europe - as he got “tired of being local”. Finally continuing with a vision to globalize the business he built one of the world’s most technologically advanced industrial battery plants and helped transform the company from a local tyre distributor to a formidable worldwide player. He then finally sold his interest in the business to allow him to pursue his more entrepreneurial spirit with Zenises.

Mr. Kandhari currently lives between London and Dubai with his wife Manika and his son Siraj.