Ninan chacko bio

Ninan Chacko (AMP , ) was on vacation in Turin, Italy, when he stopped to snap a photo of a street sign.

Ninan chacko bio

In the picture, all you can see is the name: Via Roma. But for Chacko, the CEO of Monotype, the world’s largest type seller, the classic letters told the whole story. The sharp angle of the point of the v, the elegantly cupped serifs of the i, the soft curve of the r: It was clear that, on this street, you would find a high-end shopping experience.

“It instantly conveyed elegance to me,” he recalls.

Chacko hasn’t always understood how type shapes his response to the world.

Ninan chacko bio and wife

He spent most of his career in travel and in private equity. In , the private equity firm HGGC acquired Monotype for $ million and recruited Chacko in to run it. At Monotype, he learne