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Titan put an x-ray machine on the counter to prove the gold was real, and a loss-making brand became India's biggest jeweller.

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At a glance

Founded: 1994, with the first store opening in 1996 on Cathedral Road in Chennai.¹
Founded by: Titan built it in-house. Its first managing director Xerxes Desai chose the plan and the name.¹³
Home: Bengaluru, with Titan's registered office in Hosur, Tamil Nadu.¹²
Owned by: Titan Company, a Tata Group company whose largest holders are TIDCO with 27.88 per cent and Tata Sons with 25.02 per cent.²
What it sells: Gold and diamond jewellery, with separate sub-brands for weddings, for every day and for gemstones.¹⁰⁶
Size: The jewellery division took total consolidated income of ₹67,602 crore in FY25-26, excluding bullion sales.⁷

How it got here

1984

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Titan Watches Limited was inaugurated on 26 July 1984 in Chennai, started as a joint venture with TIDCO and part of the Tata Group.²

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