Archive · 18 Jan 2026

Coffee King's Rise and Fall

Coffee King's Rise and Fall

VG Siddhartha was a successful businessman who started Café Coffee Day, a popular coffee chain in India.

He grew his business by borrowing a lot of money and investing in many different things, like real estate and tech parks.

However, he got into a lot of debt and couldn't pay it back.

This made him very stressed, and he sadly took his own life.

A book called 'Coffee King: The Swift Rise and Sudden Death of Cafe Coffee Day Founder VG Siddhartha' tells his story and explains how his business failed.

The book also talks about how some rules and people helped him hide his problems.

Siddhartha was a well-liked person who did good things for coffee farmers and young people, but his business troubles were too much for him to handle.

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