Business Entrepreneurs : Business Entrepreneurs
An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of a new enterprise, venture or idea and is accountable for the inherent risks and the outcome. The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon : An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of a new enterprise, venture or idea and is accountable for the inherent risks and the outcome. The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon
Top Entrepreneurs : Ratan Naval Tata (tata group)
Dhirubhai Ambani (reliance group)
N R Narayana Murthy(infosys)
Vijay Malya(u.b. group)
Azim H Premji (wipro group) Top Entrepreneurs
Profile of Vijay Malya : Born-18 December 1955 (age 55)Bantwal, Karnataka, India
Occupation-Chairman of:United Breweries Group,Kingfisher Airlines,Force India F1 Team,Royal Challengers Bangalore,East Bengal FC,URBB
Net worth-$1 billion (2010)
Spouse-SamiraRekha (1993–present)
Children 3 Profile of Vijay Malya
Personal life : Mallya was born into a Konkani Gowda Saraswat Brahmin family originally from the town of Bantwal, near Mangalore, in Karnataka. He is the son ofVittal Mallya and Lalitha Ramesh. He was educated at Lam artiniere School for Boys, Calcutta, Kolkata,and completed his degree at St. Xavier's College, Calcutta Personal life
Business : Breweries
Mallya took over as Chairman of United Breweries Group in 1984 from his father Vittal Mallya. Since then, the group has grown into a multi-national conglomerate of over sixty companies. The focal business areas of the group encompass alcoholic beverages, lifesciences ,engineering, agriculture, chemicals , information technology , aviation and leisure..
Cricket
Main article: Royal Challengers Bangalore Business
Airlines : In 2006, Mallya established Kingfisher Airlines. At present, the airline connects 32 cities. Kingfisher Airlines obtained a 26% stake in Air Deccan Airlines
Auction purchases : Vijay Mallya is noted for his successful bidding in auction of items that are considered of great historical value to India.In 2004, he placed the winning bid of £175,000 for the sword of Tipu Sultan at an auction in London, and brought it back to India.In March 2009, Mallya successfully bid for the belongings of Mahatma Gandhi at US$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. Auction purchases
Political career : Mallya entered politics in 2000 and replaced Subramanian Swamy as the president of the Janata Party, . His party contested almost all of the 224 seats during the Karnataka State legislative election. He campaigned vigorously through the media, but his party failed to make any impact and did not win a single seat. Following the party's failure in the elections, it has been largely ignored by the media, although Mallya recently became an MP independently. Political career
Slide 10 : Awards Kingfisher Airlines has received 30 awards for innovation, customer responsiveness and was voted the Best New Airline of the Year within months of its launch.
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