Scribd Upload a Document Search Documents Explore Documents

Books - Fiction Books - Non-fiction Health & Medicine Brochures/Catalogs Government Docs How-To Guides/Manuals Magazines/Newspapers Recipes/Menus School Work + all categories Featured Recent

People

Authors Students Researchers Publishers Government & Nonprofits Businesses Musicians Artists & Designers Teachers + all categories Most Followed Popular

o o o o o

Monu Yadav View Public Profile My Documents My Collections My Shelf Messages

o o o o

Notifications Account Help Log Out

inShare0

Embed Doc Copy Link Readcast Collections CommentsGo Back

Download Vijay Mallya (Kannada: ; born 18 December 1955) is an Indian liquor baron andRajya Sabha MP.The son of industrialist Vittal Mallya, he is the Chairman of theUnited Breweries GroupandKingfisher Airlines,which draws its name from United Breweries Group's flagship beer brand, Kingfisher. [ citation needed ] He also co-owns theFormula OneteamForce India, theIndian Premier LeagueteamBangalore Royal Challengers, and the I-LeagueteamEast Bengal FC. [3] According to Forbes.com, as of March 2011, Mallya, is worth US $1.4 billion. [4] He is ranked 879 in The ForbesWorld Billionaires Ranking (2011), and 38th in India. He receives substantial press coverage that focuses on hislavish parties, villas, automobiles,Force India,Royal Challengers Bangaloreand his yacht, the Indian Empress Personal life Mallya was born into a Konkani Goud Saraswat Brahminfamily which originally from the town of Bantwal, near Mangalore, inKarnataka.He is the son of Vittal Mallyaand Lalitha Ramaiah. [ citation needed ] He was educated atLaMartiniere for Boys School, Calcutta [5] and completed his degree atSt. Xavier's College, Calcutta. [ citation needed ]

He later set up business ventures in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Mallya's first wife was Sameera and they have a sontogether, namedSidhartha Mallya. Sidhartha was educated at Wellington College in Crowthorne followed by QueenMary's College in the University of London. Later on, Mallya married Rekha with whom he has two daughters:Leiana and Tanya Mallya. Rekha has a daughter from a previous marriage: Laila. [ citation needed ] Vijay Mallya is renowned for his lavish spending. His social gatherings have been attended by prominent politiciansas well as other businessmen and have been much spoken of in the media. The flamboyant businessman owns 26homes around the world and is called the Richard Branson of India. Other expensive assets include a stud farmcomprising over 250 race horses,200 classic vintage cars, a castle in the United Kingdom and severalyachts and private jets. Mallya owns a sprawling home onBangalore's Vittal Mallya Road (named after his father); there is also a Vijay Mallya Road in Bangalore.

[edit] Business [edit] Breweries Mallya took over as Chairman of United Breweries Groupin 1984 from his father Vittal Mallya. Since then, thegroup has grown into a multi-national conglomerate of over sixty companies, with an annual turnover whichincreased by 63.9% over 15 years to US$11.2 billion in 19981999 . The focal business areas of the groupencompass alcoholic beverages,life sciences, engineering, agriculture,chemicals, information technology, aviationandleisure. [ citation needed ] In May 2007, United Breweries Groupannounced the all-cash acquisition of scotch whiskymaker Whyte & Mackayfor 595 million (approximately Rs 3000 crore).

[6] In 2005 he took over Millennium Breweries Ltd (formerly knownas Inertia Industries Ltd), which owned the two premium beer brands named Sandpiper and Zingaro . [ citation needed ] [edit] Airlines In 2006, Mallya establishedKingfisher Airlines. [7] At present, the airline connects 32 cities. Kingfisher Airlinesobtained a 26% stake inAir Deccan, a low cost Indian airline which Mallya later acquired fully and rebranded asKingfishers Red. Vijay Mallya and hisJet Airwayscounterpart Naresh Goyalannounced an alliance after amarathon meeting on 13 October 2008 atMumbai, India. Kingfisher Airlines is also the first Indian airlineto order the Airbus A380.

[edit] Formula One Main article:Force IndiaVitantonio Liuzzidriving for Mallya'sFormula Oneteam,Force India, at the2009 Japanese Grand Prix.In 2007, Mallya and the Mol family fromThe Netherlandsbought theSpyker F1team for 88 million euros. [9] Theteam changed its name to Force India F1from the 2008 Season. [10] Team's car VJM-01was named after its ownersVijay Mallya, Jan Mol and Michiel Mol. [ citation needed ] Mallya also represents India in theFIA World Motor Sport Council, where he has a seat from 2009 to 2013. [11] [edit] Football Mallya's United Breweries sponsors theEast BengalandMohun Baganfootball clubs in Kolkatawhere Mallyaspent his childhood.

[12] He also was part of the consortium that acquiredQueens Park Rangers FC; the consortium also includedBernieEcclestone, Flavio BriatoreandLakshmi Mittal. [13] Vijay Mallya has recently indicated his intention to buyAS Bari, a football team which plays in the ItalianSerie A. [ citation needed ]

[edit] Cricket Vijay Mallya is the owner of Royal Challengers IPL team through his flagship firm UB Group. Mallya wanted toassociate one of his top-selling liquor brands, either McDowell's No. 1 or Royal Challenge with the team.[8] Thelatter was chosen, hence the name. The jersey

colours of the team are red and golden yellow, the same as theKarnataka state flag,[9] and the logo consists of the RC emblem with "Royal Challengers Bangalore" in standardformat. [ citation needed ] [edit] Political career Mallya entered politics in 2000 as a member of theJanata Party. His party contested almost all of the 224 seatsduring the KarnatakaState legislative election. [ citation needed ] He campaigned vigorously through the media, but his partyfailed to make any impact and did not win a single seat. Following the party's failure in the elections, it has beenlargely ignored by the media, [14] although Mallya recently became an MP independently. [edit] Auction purchases Vijay Mallya is noted for his successful bidding in auction of items that are considered of great historical value toIndia. [15] In 2004, he placed the winning bid of 175,000 for the sword of Tipu Sultanat an auction in London, and brought it back to India. [16] In March 2009, Mallya successfully bid for the belongings of Mahatma GandhiatUS$1.8 million, in a New York auction that initially caused an uproar in India and its government tried and failed to prevent it from going under the hammer. [17][18][19] [edit] Other businesses Establishment of Mallya Hospital in Bangalore. The hospital is located on Vittal Mallya Road, named after his father. Helped to fund theMallya Aditi International School, a private school in Bangalore. He also owns the popular kunigal stud farm,situated near bangalore. His F1 teamForce India,in association withMTV Indiaproduced a reality show, MTV Force India The Fastand The Gorgeousin 2009. The show is about 20 gorgeous girls competing to be the face of Force India F1 in the 2009 season [20] . The winners of The Fast and the Gorgeous were supposed to get to travel the worldwith the team, host the after-parties and appear in the F1 calendar Personal Achievements -Establishment of Mallya Hospital in Bangalore, with a charity ward. -Helped to establish the Mallya Aditi International School, a prestigious private school in Bangalore.Contributions to: the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Prince's Youth trust; and the Duke of EdinburghAwards Scheme.-Buying back of Tipu Sultan's articles and belongings

(the most prominent being his sword) in an auction inLondon.-In March 2006, Forbes magazine described him as one of India's newest billionaires and one of the "World'sRichest People." QUALITIES OF MR. VIJAY MALLYA Flamboyant and flashy lifestyle Mr. Vijay Mallaya has been known for his charismatic personality,flamboyance and lavish lifestyle. The stylish Business tycoon is known for sporting diamond ear studs. Mallya does not think twice before flaunting hiswealth. Mallya owns yachts, private jets, a customized Boeing 727,around 250vintage cars and a stud farm with 200 horses. Sports lover Vijay Mallya is the owner of the BANGLORE ROYAL CHALLENGERS Team of IPL. Mallya paid Rs 464.3 cr for the team. The team was lead by Rahul Dravidfor the first season and by Anil Kumble for the second season.The team has players like Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Mark Boucher andmany more big names. Mallya and Dutch Businessman Michiel Mol are theowners of a Formula One Team, FORCE INDIA. Force India was earlier calledspyker.They bought the team for 88 million Euros. Great Acquirer UNITED BREWERIES is the second largest spirit group in the world. The UBgroup acquired Whyte and Mackay for 595 million pounds in 2007.The UBgroup has a market capitalization of around US$12 billion. In the aviation of 9 Leave a Comment

c8257b4253b793 json

Submit Characters: 400

c8257b4253b793 json

Submit Characters: ... Vijay Mallya Download or Print 44 Reads Info and Rating Category: Uncategorized. Rating: Upload Date: 12/02/2011 Copyright: Attribution Non-commercial Tags: This document has no tags. Flag document for inapproriate content

Uploaded by Rohit Pendalwar Download

Embed Doc Copy Link Add To Collection Comments Readcast Share

Share on Scribd: Readcast

Search TIP Press Ctrl-FF to quickly search anywhere in the document. Search Search History: Searching... Result 00 of 00 00 results for result for p. More from This User Related Documents More From This User

9 p. Vijay Mallya

9 p. Vijay Mallya

Upload a Document Search Documents

Follow Us! scribd.com/scribd twitter.com/scribd facebook.com/scribd About Press Blog Partners Scribd 101 Web Stuff Support FAQ Developers / API Jobs Terms Copyright Privacy

Copyright 2012 Scribd Inc. Language: English scribd. scribd. scribd. scribd. scribd. scribd. scribd. scribd. < div style="display: none;"><img src="//pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-13DPpb-yg8ofc.gif" height="1" width="1" alt="Quantcast"/></div> <img src="http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=9304646&cv=2.0&cj=1" /> Title:
Presentations Spreadsheets Choose a Category Choose a Category

Category:

Choose a Category

Tags:

(separate with commas)

Description: Save