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	\|birth_date = {{Birth year and age\|1973}}<ref name="Reckon">{{cite web\|url=http://www.reckontalk.com/must-read-story-of-a-man-who-made-30-crore-from-nothing/\|title=Story of a man who made 70 Crore from nothing\|publisher=reckontalk.com\|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref>		\|birth_date = {{Birth year and age\|1973}}<ref name="Reckon">{{cite web\|url=http://www.reckontalk.com/must-read-story-of-a-man-who-made-30-crore-from-nothing/\|title=Story of a man who made 70 Crore from nothing\|date=11 April 2015 \|publisher=reckontalk.com\|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref>
	\|birth_place = [[Thoothukudi district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]		\|birth_place = [[Thoothukudi district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
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	'''Prem Ganapathy''' is an ~~[[India]]n~~ entrepreneur and businessman. He is the founder of the restaurant chain [[Dosa plaza]].<ref name="Dosa">{{cite web\|url=http://www.dosaplaza.com/aboutus.htm\|title=Dosa Plaza\|publisher=dosaplaza.com\|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref> Starting with meager investment, he expanded Dosa plaza into a restaurant chain with 72		'''Prem Ganapathy''' is an Indian entrepreneur and businessman. He is the founder of the restaurant chain [[Dosa plaza]].<ref name="Dosa">{{cite web\|url=http://www.dosaplaza.com/aboutus.htm\|title=Dosa Plaza\|publisher=dosaplaza.com\|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref> Starting with meager investment, he expanded Dosa plaza into a restaurant chain with 72
	outlets in [[India]], [[New Zealand]], [[Oman]], and [[UAE]].<ref name="Reckon"/><ref name="Think">{{cite web\|url=http://www.thinkwhynot.com/case_studies_dosa_plaza.html\|title=Case study: Dosa Plaza\|publisher=thinkwhynot.com\|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref>		outlets in [[India]], [[New Zealand]], [[Oman]], and [[UAE]].<ref name="Reckon"/><ref name="Think">{{cite web\|url=http://www.thinkwhynot.com/case_studies_dosa_plaza.html\|title=Case study: Dosa Plaza\|publisher=thinkwhynot.com\|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Ganapathy was born in Nagalapuram in [[Thoothukudi district]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He had seven siblings.<ref name="Economic">{{cite web\|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-02-20/news/31079648_1_roadside-eateries-odd-jobs-vashi\|title=How Prem Ganapathy built Rs 30 crore empire with seed capital of just Rs 1000\|publisher=Economic Times\|date=20 February 2012\|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref> Ganapathy completed class X after which he left for [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]) in search of a job. He did multiple jobs in [[Chennai]] before running away to [[Bombay]] (now [[Mumbai]]) in 1990. Ganapathy was stranded in Bombay with no money and no knowledge of the local language. He started working in a bakery with the help of a [[Tamil people\|Tamil]] family.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://openmarkets.in/609/prem-ganathapydosa-plaza\|title=Prem Ganapathy\|publisher=openmarkets.in\|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref>		Ganapathy was born in Nagalapuram in [[Thoothukudi district]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He had seven siblings.<ref name="Economic">{{cite web\|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-02-20/news/31079648_1_roadside-eateries-odd-jobs-vashi\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140922113239/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-02-20/news/31079648_1_roadside-eateries-odd-jobs-vashi\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=22 September 2014\|title=How Prem Ganapathy built Rs 30 crore empire with seed capital of just Rs 1000\|publisher=Economic Times\|date=20 February 2012\|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref> Ganapathy completed class X after which he left for [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]) in search of a job. He did multiple jobs in [[Chennai]] before running away to [[Bombay]] (now [[Mumbai]]) in 1990. Ganapathy was stranded in Bombay with no money and no knowledge of the local language. He started working in a bakery with the help of a [[Tamil people\|Tamil]] family.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://openmarkets.in/609/prem-ganathapydosa-plaza\|title=Prem Ganapathy\|publisher=openmarkets.in\|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
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{{short description|Indian entrepreneur and businessman (born 1973)}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Prem Ganapathy
|image =
|caption =
|birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1973}}<ref name="Reckon">{{cite web|url=http://www.reckontalk.com/must-read-story-of-a-man-who-made-30-crore-from-nothing/|title=Story of a man who made 70 Crore from nothing|publisher=reckontalk.com|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref>
|birth_place = [[Thoothukudi district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
|education =
|occupation = Founder of [[Dosa plaza]]
|known_for =
|nationality = [[India]]n
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'''Prem Ganapathy''' is an [[India]]n entrepreneur and businessman. He is the founder of the restaurant chain [[Dosa plaza]].<ref name="Dosa">{{cite web|url=http://www.dosaplaza.com/aboutus.htm|title=Dosa Plaza|publisher=dosaplaza.com|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref> Starting with meager investment, he expanded Dosa plaza into a restaurant chain with 72
outlets in [[India]], [[New Zealand]], [[Oman]], and [[UAE]].<ref name="Reckon"/><ref name="Think">{{cite web|url=http://www.thinkwhynot.com/case_studies_dosa_plaza.html|title=Case study: Dosa Plaza|publisher=thinkwhynot.com|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref>

==Early life==
Ganapathy was born in Nagalapuram in [[Thoothukudi district]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He had seven siblings.<ref name="Economic">{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-02-20/news/31079648_1_roadside-eateries-odd-jobs-vashi|title=How Prem Ganapathy built Rs 30 crore empire with seed capital of just Rs 1000|publisher=Economic Times|date=20 February 2012|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref> Ganapathy completed class X after which he left for [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]) in search of a job. He did multiple jobs in [[Chennai]] before running away to [[Bombay]] (now [[Mumbai]]) in 1990. Ganapathy was stranded in Bombay with no money and no knowledge of the local language. He started working in a bakery with the help of a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] family.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://openmarkets.in/609/prem-ganathapydosa-plaza|title=Prem Ganapathy|publisher=openmarkets.in|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1992, Ganapathy started his own food business, selling [[idli]]s and [[dosas]] in a handcart opposite the [[Vashi railway station]].<ref name="Economic"/> In 1997, he rented a shop and started experimenting with various varieties of dosas. In 2003, he opened his first outlet in a mall in Center One Mall at Vashi.<ref name="Reckon"/> As of 2012, Dosa plaza has 45 outlets in 4 countries serving more than 100 varieties of dosas.<ref name="Reckon"/><ref name="Dosa"/>

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