Vijay Mallya

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Dr. Vijay Mallya (born December 20, 1955) is a Bangalore-based billionaire businessman and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha since 2002) from India. He is the son of industrialist Vittal Mallya and is the chairman of the United Beverages Group. Mallya has started a domestic airline in India called Kingfisher Airlines

Contents 1 Business 1.1 Kingfisher Airlines 2 Sports 3 Political career 4 Achievements 5 External Links

[edit] Business

He took over as chairman of the UB Group in 1983. Since then, the group has grown into a multi-national conglomerate of over sixty companies with an annual turnover which has increased by 439% to US$1.2 billion in 1998-1999 . The focal business areas of the group encompasses alcoholic beverages, life sciences, engineering, agriculture, chemicals, information technology Body Shopping and leisure.

[edit] Kingfisher Airlines

Kingfisher Airlines is the first Indian company to purchase an Airbus A-380. It connects Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore.

[edit] Sports

Mallya has won trophies in professional car racing circuits^{[citation needed]} and is a keen yachtsman and aviator. He has also won numerous trophies in horse racing including several prestigious Derbies.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Political career

He entered politics in 2000 and superseded Subramaniam Swamy as the president of Janata Party, a breakaway faction of the original Janata Dal party. His party contested for around twenty 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.

[edit] Achievements

• Establishment of Mallya Hospital in Bangalore.
• Helped to establish the Mallya Aditi International School, a prestigious private school in Bangalore.
• Successfully bid for the sword of Tipu, Sultan of Mysore, and brought it back to India [1]

[edit] External Links

• Indian Empress - Photos of Vijay Mallya's latest megayacht.