Krishna (Kris) Patel, Executive Vice President of Institutional Sales for the Venus Group, Foothill Ranch, California, recently announced his retirement from the company, effective December 31, 2020.Krishna (Kris) Patel, Executive Vice President of Institutional Sales for the Venus Group, Foothill Ranch, California, recently announced his retirement from the company, effective December 31, 2020.
Patel, who a 32-year veteran of the industry, has spent his entire textile career with Venus Group. Kris was instrumental in bringing Venus Group (formerly known as Venus Textiles) from a little-known supply company, that began selling towels to local car washes in 1972, to one of the largest textile manufacturing and distribution companies in our industry. Kris helped expand Venus’ geographic footprint from a local West Coast company to that with expansive nationwide presence.
“Kris has a dynamic and charismatic personality, which has been a tremendous asset to Venus. His strength in forging genuine and lasting relationships across the industry, along with his truly customer-centric attitude have been at the heart of his success,” said Raj Patel, President and Co-founder of Venus Group. “His energy and dedication will be greatly missed at Venus.
Kris touched many laundry owners with his sincere desire to provide excellent service. He developed good friendships across the industry, among operators, manufacturers and competitors. As a result of the leadership provided by Kris Patel, Raj Patel and Kirit Patel, Venus Group will continue to make a difference by providing quality domestic manufacturing of table linen, sheets and other innovative textiles that sets Venus apart in the industry.