The Market Makers

What if the secret to building a multi-hundred million dollar company wasn't thinking in quarters, but thinking in decades?

Satya Tiwari is the CEO of Surya, Inc., which now includes Mitchell Gold, Bob Williams, Global Views, and Surya—serving designers across the globe. His father started the business in a small village in India focusing on rugs. In 1986, his dad made a bold move to open a U.S. office when almost no Indian companies were doing it. Satya joined in 2004 and became an acquisition machine, growing the company through strategic purchases and a relentless focus on the long game.

He explains why curiosity is life and assumption is death, why no one gets penalized for mistakes at Surya (experimentation is the business model), and how his grandmother—who raised his father in a patriarchal village with nothing—taught him to do more with less. Satya wraps with his vision for the next decade: becoming part of every line item on a designer's project by earning it through service, reliability, and unique ideas.

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What is The Market Makers?

Every creative professional knows the power of a before and after. It’s a classic transformation arc - whether it’s a renovation, glow up, or an old-fashioned make over. But reinvention doesn’t just apply to products or spaces. It also holds true for our lives and our careers. The sketch on the napkin that becomes a collection. The risk that changes everything. The work that turns a brand into a lasting presence.

The Market Makers is a weekly podcast from ANDMORE, home to markets that have been the stage for so many of these transformations. Hosted by CEO, Jon Pertchik, each episode pulls back the curtain on the lives of creative professionals across design, furniture, home, lifestyle and beyond.

From industry icons like Thom Filicia to leaders at heritage brands like Bassett Furniture, guests share the moments that shaped them, not just the before and after, but the process in between.

Whether it’s finding your aesthetic, carving out a niche, scaling a business, or turning a side hustle into a lasting brand, The Market Makers goes beyond the showrooms and into the creative lives of the people shaping how we live, work, and gather.

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