Sagar Daryani
About
Sagar Daryani serves as CEO and Co-Founder of Wow! Momo Foods Pvt, a popular Indian food chain specializing in momos, a type of dumpling. Daryani, along with his friend and business partner Binod Kumar Homagai, started the company in 2008 when they were still in college with an initial Investment of only Rs. 30,000.
With a recent company valuation of over INR 450 crores, he has come a long way in his journey from owning small kiosks in Kolkata to now being India’s largest home grown quick service restaurant chain.
The brand has won many awards like the ‘Best SME of the year’, ‘Best Food and Agri Products’ award and ‘Service Brand’ award for East India in 2014.
With successful expansion in Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Bengaluru, Chennai, Lucknow, Kochi, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri and Kanpur, Wow! Momo has over 200 outlets across 13 cities in India.
The company currently employs over 1800 staff of which about 100 are especially able or from various NGOs which the company has partnered with. Under his leadership Wow! Momo has earned many awards and accolades.
Awards and Accomplishments
Awards and Accomplishments
In 2014, Sagar was conferred with the ‘50 Most Talented Retail Professionals of India’ award.
In 2017, he was named in Forbes ‘India’s 30 Under 30 List’, and in 2019, he was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year award at the ‘Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence’.
His brand Wow!Momo has won several awards like, ‘Best Dim-Sum Product Chain–Indian Restaurant Award’ in 2016, ‘Best Unique Retail Concept Award’ and ‘Best Quick Service Restaurant in Indian Origin’ in 2018.
Why Sagar Daryani ?
A passionate speaker with good oratory skills, Sagar has given business and motivational talks at various business events and colleges. He is an enthusiast who is highly passionate about brand building and has helped mentor companies in the F&B space.
