Indian Business Leaders

Presented By Vijesh Rajagopal Vinod Raja Sindhuja Santra

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Sunil Bharti Mittal

Chairman and MD of Bharti Group

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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born on 23 October 1957 in Ludhiana, Punjab. 2nd son of Sat Paul & Lalitha Mittal. Sat Paul Mittal - Member of Parliament (M.P) from Ludhiana, died of cardiac arrest in 1992.
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 Two siblings Rakesh Mittal, Co-Chairman and Rajan Mittal, Member of Bharti Enterprises. Married to Nyna and has 3 children twins Shravin and Kavin and Eiesha Bharti Mittal.

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Education
Schooling - Wynberg Allen School in Mussoorie and Scindia School at Gwalior. Graduation 1976, Bachelor of Arts and Science, from Punjab University, Chandigarh. Harvard Business School.

Early Career
1st business Age of 18, making crankshaft for bicycles, with a capital of Rs.20,000. 1980 Started Import Enterprise Bharti Overseas Trading Corporation. 1981 Got importing licences. Imported Suzuki Motor's portable electric-power generators.

Into Telecom
1984 - Started assembling push-button phones in India, replacing the rotary phones. Started marketing telephones, answering/fax machines under the brand name Beetel. First push-button phones - 'Mitbro'.

 1992 - Successfully bid for one of the four mobile phone network licenses auctioned in India. Clinched deal with the French telecom group Vivendi.

Bharti Cellular Limited

1994 Identified mobile telecom business as a major growth area. 1995 Formed Bharti Cellular Limited (BCL) to offer cellular services under the brand name AirTel.

 Bharti - First telecom company to cross the 2-million mobile subscriber mark. Brought down the STD/ISD cellular rates in India under brand name 'Indiaone'.

IndiaOne - Indias 1st private national & 10 international long-distance service provider.

 November 2006 - Struck a joint venture deal with Wal-Mart

July 2006 - Attracted many key executives from Reliance ADAG, NIS Sparta and created Bharti Comtel.

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AIRTELS NEW LOGO

Bharti Airtel - Touched the 200-million subscriber base New logo - youthful, international, inclusive and dynamic
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Awards and Recognition

2005 - CEO of the year, at the Frost and Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT awards. 2005 - Best Asian Telecom CEO, Telecom Asia Awards, Business Leader Of The Year, Economic Times. 2006 - Telecom Person of the Year, Voice & Data, Asia Businessman of the Year, Fortune Magazine .
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 2007- Padma Bhushan. 2008 - Transforming India Leader, NDTV Business Leader Awards. 2008 - GSMA Chairman's Award. 2011 - INSEAD Business Leader Award.

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As a Philanthropist
Bharti Foundations - Works towards educating India. Has established over 200 schools. 2009 - list of the world's top 25 philanthropists.

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Interesting Facts
Personal motto: Always turn conventional wisdom on its head Leadership style: Empowering the workforce In his own words, "In business there are no foes, only friends.
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 Famous Quote: "Us entrepreneurs are like junkies, looking for the next big fix. Next in line: His son, Shravin Bharti Mittal. Little know fact: Turns vegetarian whenever he's on a mission. Owner of: Lutyen Delhi's biggest mansion. Fitness mantra: Yoga and golf

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 Home away from home: London and continental Europe Superstitious about: The number 23. Interested in: Shooting, gliding, flying and reading books about economics. Believes in divine intervention. Loves to move: In a black Mercedes S18

REFERENCES

http://www.myjourneytobillionaireclub.com/200 http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/sunil-m http://www.businessweek.com/it100/2005/exec http://investing.businessweek.com/research/st

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references

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/k http://business.mapsofindia.com/business-lead

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Thank You

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