Sunil Mittal: Bharti Enterprises
Sunil Mittal: Bharti Enterprises
Sunil Mittal: Bharti Enterprises
BHARTI ENTERPRISES
FORBES:
Ranking: #87
Net Worth: $7.8 billion
Fortune: Self Made
Source: telecom
Age: 52
Country Of Citizenship: India
Residence: Delhi
Education: Punjab U, Bachelor of Arts / Science
Marital Status: Married, 3 children
PERSONAL LIFE:
The son of a politician Bharti Mittal, Sunil Mittal is from
the town of Ludhiana in Punjab.
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.
Residing in Delhi, he is married and has three children.
BHARTI ENTERPRISES:
Bharti Airtel Bharti AXA Life
Bharti Teletech Insurance
Telecom Seychelles Bharti AXA Investment
Comviva Technologies Managers
Centum Learning Limited
Ltd
Jersey Airtel
FieldFresh Foods Pvt.
Guernsey Airtel
Ltd
Bharti Foundation
Bharti Retail
Bharti Realty
Bharti AXA General
Bharti Infratel
Insurance
Type Public
BSE: 532454
Industry Telecommunications
Sunil Mittal
(Chairman) & (MD)
Key people
Sanjay Kapoor
(CEO)
Wireless
Products Telephone
Internet
Satellite television
Bharti Enterprises(64.76%)
Owner(s) SingTel (30.5%)
Vodafone (4.4%)
Employees 25,543 (2009)
Website Bharti.com
Airtel.in
AIRTEL BRANDS:
AIRTEL INDIA
AIRTEL SRI LANKA
AIRTEL BANGLADESH
TOUCHTEL
AIRTEL DIGITAL TV
BLACKBERRY/i-PHONE 3GS
AIRTEL 3G
Bharti Biography:
First generation entrepreneur.
1976- 1st business in Delhi with Rs.20000 borrowed from
his father, manufactured crankshafts for bicycles.
1980- sold bicycle parts business, moved to Mumbai.
1981- purchased import licenses from export companies
in Punjab. Imported Suzuki portable generators from
Japan. Govt. banned import licenses.
Bharti Biography:
1984- assembled push-button phones in India, formed
Bharti Telecom Limited(BTL) with Siemens AG of
Germany.
Early 1990’s- manufactured fax machines, cordless
telephones and other telecom gear under brand name
Beetel.
1992- successfully bid for 1 of 4 private network licenses,
collaborated with French telecom group Vivendi.
1994- business plans were approved by government.
Bharti Biography:
1995- Bharti Cellular Limited(BCL) was formed to offer
cellular services under brand name- AIRTEL.
Within few years, Bharti became 1st company to cross 2-
million mobile subscriber mark.
Bharti also brought down STD/ISD cellular rates in India
under brand name INDIAONE.
2004- converted TOUCHTEL-fixed line service- into
AIRTEL, announced launch of Blackberry Wireless
Solutions in India
2006- tie-up with Wal-Mart, announced plans for stores
across India
Bharti Biography:
2008- Airtel tie-up with SingTel in Sri Lanka to provide
3G services
2008- started DTH service- Airtel Digital TV in India
2008- i-Phone 3G services offered
2009- in talks with MTN group for 100% stake
2010- Airtel tie-up with Abu Dhabi company Warid
Telecom to establish Airtel Bangladesh
2010- negotiating $10.7 billion deal with Zain for African
assests
M&A:
In talks with MTN group, South African telecom
company, for 100% stake at $45 billion.
In process of acquiring African arm of Zain telecom,
Kuwait-based company, for $10.7 billion.
Latest- Zain chairman says, deal could take months to
close.
Philanthrophy:
He is opening a Football academy in Haryana or Goa to
help India send a team to the 2018 FIFA World Cup
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