3. ABOUT SUNIL BHARTI MITTAL
October 23, 1957 )
Born:
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Residence: Delhi
Ethnicity: Baniya
Punjab University Bachelor of Economics &
Alma mater:
Political Science
Founder, Owner, Chairman and CEO of
Occupation:
Bharti Airtel
Net worth: US $8.3 billion (2011)
Religious beliefs: Hindu
Spouse(s): Nyna
Children: Eiesha and twins Kavin & Sharvin
4. ABOUT SUNIL BHARTI MITTAL
From making bicycle parts as a teenager, Sunil Bharti Mittal has come
a long way. Sunil Bharti Mittal Chairman and Group Managing Director,
Bharti Enterprises, has at the age of 43 created a Telecom Giant in India.
Sunil Is An Alumnus Of Harvard Business School India's leading telecom
conglomerate, has been at the forefront of technology and has revolutionized
telecommunications with its world-class brands, products and services. The
company has grown by leaps and bounds from its humble beginnings in the
1970’.
Today Bharti Airtel has the largest customer base in India
with alliances with companies such as Vodafone and SingTel.In the future his
focus is going to be on providing international mobile services , retail industry
and agriculture.He recently struck a joint venture deal with Wal-Mart ,the
retail giant, for starting retail stores accross India
5. Early life
Sunil Mittal was born in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. His
father, Sat Pal Mittal, had been the Member of
Parliament (M.P) from Ludhiana. He first joined the
Wynberg Allen School in Mussoorie, but later
attended Sc India School at Gwalior and he graduated
in 1976 from Punjab University, Chandigarh, with a
Bachelor of Arts and Science for which he studied in
Arya College for Boys, a local college in Ludhiana. His
father died of cardiac arrest in 1992
6. AWARDS
Sunil has received several awards
including:
Transforming India Leader, NDTV Business Leader
Awards 2008.
GSMA Chairman's Award 2008.
Padma Bhushan in 2007, from the President of India.
Asia Businessman of the Year, Fortune Magazine 2006.
Telecom Person of the Year, Voice & Data, 2006.
CEO of the year 2005, at the Frost and Sullivan Asia
Pacific ICT awards 2006.
Best Asian Telecom CEO, Telecom Asia Awards 2005.
Best CEO, India, Institutional Investor, 2005.
Business Leader Of The Year, Economic Times, 2005.
8. Philanthropy
Mittal has also been working towards educating
India through the Bharti Foundation. The
foundation has established over 200 schools on
its 2009 list of the world's top 25 philanthropists
He is opening a Football academy in Haryana
or Goa to help India send a team to the
2018 FIFA World Cup.
9. ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES
A first generation entrepreneur, he started his first
business in 1976 at the age of 18, with a capital investment of Rs 20,000 (U$500)
borrowed from his father. His first business was to make crankshafts for local
bicycle manufacturers.
In 1980 he sold his bicycle parts and yarn factories and
moved to Mumbai. In 1982, through the power and influence of his father's
position as MP, he acquired an import license in an otherwise closed economy.
He became the exclusive dealer for Suzuki Motors's portable electric-power
generators imported from Japan. The importing of telecom equipment was
banned by the Indian Government as ITI (Indian Telecom Industry ) monopoly
practices & sole OEM for Department of Telecommunication
In 1992, he successfully bid for 1 of the 4 mobile
licences. He established the first company to manufacture push button
telephones in India. He was one of the first Indian entrepreneurs to identify the
mobile telecom business as a major growth area and launched services in the city
of Delhi and the National Capital Region in the year 1995
10. PERSONAL LIFE
He is superstitious about the number 23, as he was born on the 23rd and
also got married on the 23rd.He also becomes vegetarian before any big venture.
TIE-UP WITH WAL-MART
In November 2006, he struck a joint venture deal with Wal-Mart, the US retail
giant, to start a number of retail stores across India.
11. Bharti AirTel, India’s
leading private integrated
telecom company, has been
at the forefront of the
telecomrevolution and has
transformed the telecom
sector with its world-class
services built on leading
edge technologies.Bharti
has been a pioneering force
in the telecom sector and
today enjoys a strong
nationwide presence.
