Satya Tiwari, president of Surya Inc., said his company recently upgraded its ERP software management system with input from a team of 20 people. “The backbone is now set,” he said. “We can have five times the growth without worrying about the capacity.” The company also plans to continue building on its new outdoor line developed in partnership with designer Ashley Childers that launched at the spring High Point Market. “We wanted to create a meaningful outdoor line that was the right scale along with having the necessary details and quality,” he said. The company, a wholesaler of home furnishings, is now a global operation through its portfolio of brands that include Surya, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, Global Views, RST Outdoor and Livabliss. Surya has earned 10 placements on the Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies to date. “We are always looking at opportunities to acquire new businesses in order to keep building on our total home growth,” he said. “The future is wide open.” In 2021, Tiwari co-founded the Yuvaan Tiwari Foundation, a non-profit organization which funds research to find a cure for diffuse midline gliomas and other fatal pediatric brain cancers, while supporting patients and families along their journey. He also currently serves on the boards of Akshaya Patra, the world’s largest NGO school meal program and The American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame Foundation.
