Naturals Ice Cream Founder Death; Raghunandan Srinivas Kamath Passes Away | Raghunandan Srinivas Kamath, founder of Naturals Ice Cream, passes away: breathed his last at the age of 70, started the company in 1984

Raghunandan Srinivas Kamath launched his first ice cream brand Naturals on 14 February 1984. He opened his first store in Juhu, Mumbai.

Raghunandan Srinivas Kamath, founder of Naturals Ice Cream, one of the top ice cream brands in India, has passed away at the age of 70. He breathed his last on 17th May evening at HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai.

father used to sell mangoes
Kamath’s father used to sell mangoes in a village in Mangalore district of Karnataka. Kamath worked with his father for many years to learn how to choose the right fruits and preserve them. Kamat came to Mumbai thinking of doing business. Kamath launched his first ice cream brand Naturals on 14 February 1984. He opened his first store in Juhu, Mumbai.

At that time Naturals had only 4 employees. They had 10 flavors of ice cream. In the beginning, Kamat also kept pav bhaji along with ice cream. After some time, he started the store as a full-fledged ice cream parlor with 12 flavors. Today it is a company worth more than Rs 400 crore. Whereas Naturals Ice Cream had 135 ice cream parlors across the country till 2020.

Earned Rs 5 lakh in the first year
Now Naturals is included in the top 10 brands of the country. He got a turnover of Rs 5 lakh in the initial year. In the financial year 2020, the turnover of Naturals Ice Cream reached Rs 300 crore. It will increase to Rs 400 crore in the year 2022.