SUNIL BHARTI MITTAL

PROFILE

Sunil Bharti Mittal is an Indian telecom industrialist, philanthropist, Founder of Bharti Enterprises. Chairman and Managing director of the Bharti Group. He was born on 23 October 1957 in Punjab. He graduated in 1976 from Punjab University, Chandigarh, with a Bachelor of arts and science for which studied in Arya College for Boys, a local College in Ludhiana. His Father, had been MP from Ludhiana; he died in 1992 as he was a heart patient.

CAREER
A first generation entrepreneur, Mittal started his first business in April 1976 at the age of 18, with a capital investment of borrowed from his father. His first business was to make crankshafts for local bicycle manufacturers.
In 1980, he along with his brothers Rakesh, Rajan started an Import Enterprise named Bharti Overseas Trading Corporation. He sold his bicycle parts and yarn factories and moved to Mumbai. In 1981, he purchased importing licences from exporting companies in Punjab. He then imported thousands of Suzuki Motors portable electric-power generators from Japan In 1984, he started assembling push-button phones in India, which he earlier used to import from a Taiwan company, Kingtel, replacing the old fashioned, bulky rotary phones that were in use in the country then. Bharti Telecom Limited (BTL) was incorporated and entered into a technical tie up with Siemens AG of Germany for manufacture of electronic push button phones.

STEPING STONES TO SUCCESS

In 1990s, Mittal was making fax machines, cordless phones and other telecom gear.
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.

In July 2006, he attracted many key executives from Reliance ADAG, NIS Sparta and created Bharti Comtel.
In 2008, it emerged that Sunil Bharti Mittal was exploring the possibility of buying the MTN Group, a South Africa-based telecommunications company with coverage in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East. In May 2009, Bharti Airtel again confirmed that it was in talks with MTN and the companies agreed to discuss the potential transaction exclusively by 31 July 2009. Bharti Airtel said in a statement "Bharti Airtel Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has renewed its effort for a significant partnership with MTN Group".

PERSONAL LIFE

Mittal resides in South Delhi with his wife Nyna and

have three children.

HISTORY
The company was founded by Sunil Bharti Mittal along with two siblings in 1976.

The company was not so famous in India by its own name, rather its brand names like
Airtel and Beetel (PSTN Phone Sets) are household names in India.

PROJECTS

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD.

Bharti Airtel Ltd is the 5th largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscriber base and has a commercial presence in 19 countries. The Company is Indias largest integrated telecom company in terms of customer base and offers Mobile Services, Fixed Line services, Broadband &IPTV, DTH service named Airtel Digital TV, Long Distance and Enterprise services.

BHARTI INFRATEL LTD.

Bharti Infratel is owned by Sunil Bharti Mittal. The company deploys and manages telecom towers and communication structure for various wireless operators. In India, Infratel has over 32,000 towers, across 18 states, and 11 Telecom

circles, and still growing.

BHARTI RETAIL LTD.

Bharti Retail Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharti Enterprises. Bharti

Retail operates a chain of multiple format stores.

The companys neighbourhood format stores operate under the Easyday brand Bharti Enterprises tied-up with Wal-Mart for opening a chain of retail stores all over India. The other retail companies are ; Bharti Retail (Holdings) Private Ltd., Bharti Retail Resources Private Ltd., And Limited Cedar Support Services Ltd.

BHARTI TELE TECH LTD.

Bharti Teletech is Indias leading telecom & allied products company. It is one of the largest manufacturers of landline telephones in the world. the company is also the primary distributor of IT and Telecom products from international brands such as Motorola, Blackberry, Thomson, Polycom, Transcend, and Logitech.

COMVIVA TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

Comviva Technologies Limited is an India based organization providing VAS solutions for mobile operators around the world. Comviva was formerly known as Bharti Telesoft.

FIELDFRESH FOODS PVT. LTD.

FieldFresh Foods Pvt. Ltd. is a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and DMPL India Ltd. (a subsidiary of Del Monte Pacific Ltd.). The company offers fresh fruits & vegetables and processed foods & beverages in the

domestic as well as international markets.

BHARTI AXA GENERAL INSURANCE CO.

Bharti AXA General Insurance is a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and AXA, world leader in financial protection and wealth management.

The company was incorporated in July 2007.

BHARTI AXA LIFE INSURANCE CO.

Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Ltd. is a joint venture between Bharti

Enterprises and AXA, world leader in financial protection and wealth

management. The company offers a range of life insurance and wealth management

products.

CENTUM LEARNING LTD.

Centum Limited (formerly Bharti Learning Systems Limited), a wholly

owned subsidiary of Bharti Enterprises. It is a learning and development organization that specializes in the

customer experience arena.

BHARTI FOUNDATION

Bharti Foundation was set up in 2000. It aims to create and support programs that bring about sustainable changes through education and the use of technology and information.

BHARTI REALTY PVT. LTD.

Bharti Realty Private Ltd. is the in-house Real Estate Arm for Bharti Group and facilitates by extending support to the Group Companies for Identifying, Developing and Maintaining Real Estate.

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.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

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. INSEAD Business Leader Award 2011

SUMMARY

Sunil Bharti Mittal is an Indian telecom industrialist,

philanthropist, Founder of Bharti Enterprises

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By MUHAMMED SHAHID CK.