In Pics | Celebrities who failed to run their own businesses

Here we take a look at the successful celebrities whose business ventures failed to take off!

In Pics | Celebrities who failed to run their own businesses

Legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan faced a massive cash crunch in 1999 and was on the brink of bankruptcy when his company Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd (ABCL) faced a huge loss. His movies and reality show KBC helped him repay the amount. Credit: AFP Photo

The ‘God of Cricket’ Sachin Tendulkar too tried his hand at business and opened a restaurant in 2002. The venture failed to take off as it didn’t receive a great response from customers and saw its closure two years later. Credit: Reuters Photo

Hollywood starlet Jennifer Lopez opened a restaurant called ‘Madres’, which is Spanish for mother, in Pasadena, California in 2002. Despite a star-studded opening, the restaurant failed to retain customers and was shut down after six struggling years. Credit: USA Today Sports

Not many know that Shah Rukh Khan’s first production house ‘Dreamz Unlimited’ saw a premature death after facing huge financial losses. SRK opened this venture in partnership with his great friend Juhi Chawla. Credit: PTI Photo

The 'Prince of Kolkata' Saurav Ganguly also tried his luck in business and opened a restaurant called 'The Food Pavilion' in Bengal. His restaurant too had a similar fate as Sachin’s and was shut down in 2011. Credit: PTI Photo

Following the footsteps of Sachin and Ganguly, Virender Sehwag too opened an eatery in the capital called ‘Sehwag's Favourites’. Due to poor response from food enthusiasts, the restaurant was shut down. Credit: PTI Photo

Taking his passion for fashion to another level, American rapper Kanye West started his own fashion line in 2009 with Pastelle. Just two days after photos of his fashion line were made public, the business was shut down. Credit: Reuters Photo

The Kardashian Sisters kick-started their own pre-paid credit card in 2008. Their financial product was called ‘The Kardashian Kard’. Due to very expensive maintenance, the invention failed to generate more consumers and was shut in no time. Credit: Reuters Photo

Just like his films, filmmaker Steven Spielberg opened a larger-than-life submarine-themed restaurant ‘Dive!’ in Los Angeles in 1994. The restaurant slowly lost its charm and failed to repeat its customers. Eventually, the restaurant closed its doors in 1999. Credit: Reuters Photo

Hollywood star Natalie Portman joined hands with designer Te Casan and launched a vegan-friendly footwear line. Customers found the price very high and they finally decided to close it due to very poor sales. Credit: AFP Photo