Success is not that one finds every other day. It takes a great deal of patience, strategic actions and time to get to achieve in life. As a growing Business Magazine, Business Outreach has always got the front seat when it comes to analyzing the success story of entrepreneurs. The editorial gets to resonate with the resilience that breeds within these visionaries and which made India, the world’s third largest startup ecosystem. There are a diverse set of industries that fuels the economic growth of India. From manufacturing, real estate, technology, education and many more, India’s market is broad. Looking closely into the events industry, the sector has been on a growth trajectory.
Today, Business Outreach Magazine collaborates with Shailesh Thakkar, one of the most vibrant and far-sighted business leaders in the events industry. While most usually go through the route of fulfilling any academic commitments and then transition into industry, Shailesh Thakkar owned the grit and perseverance of starting work from a very early age. Since his early days, Shailesh Thakkar was always fixated in creating a business of his own. The idea of building something valuable for society often inspired Shailesh to push his boundaries of excellence. In the entrepreneurial ecosystem, time is usually the answer to everything. A company’s success is highly dependent on the leader, who spends their day and night working on operational strategies to scale a company. And Shailesh Thakkar has always kept his eyes and mind open to learning more on business growth while tackling any monumental challenges that came along the way.
FoxFire Events was built on the foundation of providing top-notch services in the events industry at an affordable rate. Under the leadership of Shailesh Thakkar, FoxFire has grown to be one of Pune’s first private limited companies. And such exceptional growth has been possible due to efficient leadership of Shailesh. Looking into the events industry, which pretty much circulates around constant learning and improvisation, Shailesh Thakkar has started his career from the bottom, working as a volunteer for corporate events, music festivals and many others.
He adds to this is a gradual step by step process in understanding any growth figure and progress. Shailesh was around 23 years old, when FoxFire Events became a private limited company. And it is remarkable to understand that Shailesh Thakkar is aiming to grow FoxFire in working with top Fortune 100 companies. In regards to educational background, Shailesh Thakkar completed his BE IT From Sinhgad college of Engineering, Pune.
Shailesh Thakkar’s pivotal role is in getting new clients on board and overlooking the operations & execution. His focus is supervising the growth & revenue chart, while monitoring it on a weekly basis. Looking ahead into the future of the events industry, innovations like Artificial Intelligence are set to open limitless opportunities in terms of employment creation and business generation in the coming years. Shailesh Thakkar is bullish on the fact that the current market cap could be 2x due to the vast technological advancements in the current industry. Diving deep, Shailesh points out that the events industry operates on a credit payments cycle. Oftentimes, this cycle exists for about 45 days, 60 days or 90 days.
From a business running perspective, this has been quite a roadblock for Shailesh Thakkar. But due to his long-standing relations with the industry, vendors and stakeholders have their total trust in Shailesh and FoxFire. When it comes to onboarding new clients with FoxFire Events, there has been skepticism and evaluating any degrees of trust on FoxFire Events. But looking at the stellar online reviews of Shailesh’s leadership over FoxFire, clients have always joined hands with the team and appreciated the phenomenal services. The supreme commitment to the events industry earned Shailesh Thakkar and FoxFire the EEMA Gold Member Registered since 2020, Event Industry’s Most Visionary Young Leader 2025 by Radio City and also recognized as Best Event Management company in Pune by “Three Best Rated”.
Shailesh highly values clients who uphold the true meaning of trust. A business, although runs on numbers and statistics, most times inclines heavily on trust and belief. That’s what makes the process more natural and authentic. From a marketing angle, this could add more credibility to the company’s principles. A customer base always looks for personalized services and Shailesh Thakkar’s keen eye-for-details have allowed FoxFire in participating in several events that includes collaborating with Foundations for children, empowering unparalleled safety protocols for employees and redefining the true meaning of leadership.
Shailesh Thakkar adds to his career goals that by 2027, FoxFire is strategically working to be a listed SME with a skilled and unskilled staff count of more than 250. Understanding the focus-level of Shailesh Thakkar, it is imperative that FoxFire is destined to reach greater heights of success. When we asked Shailesh Thakkar on his take on life and achievements, he said, “Be so busy improving yourself that you have no time to criticise others.”
