In a career spanning over two decades, Gautam has deep experience in consumer businesses across multiple sectors. First decade of his career was with marquee FMCG companies – Reckitt Benckiser and ITC where he donned various responsibilities in sales, trade marketing and brand management areas. His association with Samara started in 2010 with pharmacy chain – Guardian Lifecare, where he was the CEO before moving to food services sector within Samara portfolio. He was the CEO of Pizza Hut business at Sapphire foods during its early integration phase. Currently he is the CEO of Paradise Biryani, Hyderabad – the largest Biryani player in the country with presence across 10 cities and growing. Gautam holds an MBA degree from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow and also received his B. Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.