CEO, Greenways Group (4th gen, shipping and logistic business started in 1962), Managing Director and CEO, Mairav Group (2nd gen, family office started in early 1990s), Founder and CEO of Phaenoran
Vaibhav is a Bangalore-based operator and founder building infrastructure for a resource-constrained world.
He is Group CEO of the Greenways Group, a shipping and logistics business founded in 1962 with 500+ people across India and Nepal, and has led the Mairav Group, focused on land banking, renewable energy and family office investments, since 2014. In 2026 he founded Phaenoran, the engineering practice behind AQUA-CELL containerised desalination and combined energy and water systems for data centres and water-scarce regions, and co-founded the AI company 12C Studios.
He holds a BSc in Applied Economics & Management from Cornell University. He is an angel investor and board member at Matinee.io, sits on the Management Committee of the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce, and is active in YPO NextGen, FBN Asia NextGen and NEXUS Impact Society. Outside work, he is an avid golfer and an Advanced Nitrox and Deep scuba diver.
