Sunil Bharti Mittal
Age: 51 years (October 23, 1957)
Remuneration for 2008: Rs 19.55 crore (Rs 195.5 million)
Designation: Chairman and managing director
Group: Bharti Group
Other companies: Bharti Enterprises, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Bharti TeleTech Ltd, Telecom Seychelles Ltd, Bharti Telesoft Ltd, Bharti Del Monte India Pvt Ltd, Bharti Retail Pvt Ltd, Bharti Retail Pvt Ltd, Bharti Axa General Insurance Company, Bharti Axa Life Insurance Company, Bharti Axa Life Insurance Company, Bharti AXA Investment Managers Pvt Ltd, Bharti Resources, Jersey Airtel Ltd, Bharti Foundation
Background: Mittal started his first business at the age of 18, financed by a loan of Rs 20,000 from his father. Moving from one business to another, this first generation entrepreneur Mittal built the Bharti Group into India's largest mobile phone operator in just 10 years.
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2007.
Mittal is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School. He has been awarded the Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) degree by the G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology. He is an honorary fellow of The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers.
Image: Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman and group CEO of Bharti Enterprises. | Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images
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