Owners of Fords and Mitshubishis have probably never heard of him but are familiar with the luxurious leather car seats he fits in their vehicles.
Corporate chiefs and celebrities like Azim Premji, Vijay Mallya and Sachin Tendulkar, may not have met him but they buy his fine Nappa leather upholstered sofas for their living rooms.
Meet Sunil Suresh, the high-flying leather seat-dresser from Bangalore. His Rs 25-crore company, Stanley Seating, has been custom-making leather seat upholstery for luxury car makers such as General Motors and Honda for the past eight years.
And now lured by the Rs 30,000 crore interiors market, Suresh has launched his own top-end brand of leather furniture called Stanley Genuine Leather.
Targeted at the lifestyle market as well as corporate clients, the leather products currently retail from Stanley
