Vijay Mallya | |
|---|---|
 Mallya in 2008 | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 1 July 2010 – 2 May 2016[1] | |
| In office 10 April 2002 – 9 April 2008 | |
| Constituency | Karnataka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vijay Vittal Mallya 18 December 1955[2] Mangaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouses | Sameera Tyabjee Mallya
(m. 1986; div. 1987)Rekha Mallya (m. 1993) |
| Children | 3, including Siddharth Mallya |
| Parent | Vittal Mallya (father) |
| Residence(s) | London, England |
| Alma mater | La Martinière Calcutta St. Xavier's College, Kolkata |
| Occupation | |
| Signature |  |
| Nickname | King of Good Times[3][4] |
Vijay Vittal Mallya (born 18 December 1955) is an Indian fugitive, former businessman,[5] and politician.[6][7] He is the subject of an extradition effort by the Indian Government to return him from the UK to face charges of financial crimes in India.[8]
The son of a businessman who was also in the alcoholic beverages business, Mallya is the former chairman of United Spirits, the largest spirits company in India, and continues to serve as chairman of United Breweries Group, an Indian conglomerate with interests including beverage alcohol, aviation infrastructure, real estate, and fertilizer. He was the chairman of Sanofi India (previously known as Hoechst AG and Aventis) and the chairman of Bayer CropScience in India for over 20 years, and the chairman of several other companies.[9] Mallya was also the founder and former owner of defunct Kingfisher Airlines and former co-owner of the Force India Formula One team before it went into administration. He is also a former owner of the Royal Challengers Bangalore cricket team.
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- ^ Bengali, Shashank; Parth, M. N. (18 April 2017). "India's former 'King of Good Times' beer baron Vijay Mallya, is arrested in London". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ The Hindu Net Desk (4 August 2018). "List of fugitive economic offenders living abroad". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Vijay Mallya becomes first person to be declared a 'fugitive economic offender' under new law". The Economic Times. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "List of fugitive economic offenders in India does not end with Vijay Mallya". Business Standard India. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "Vijay Mallya To Be Extradited Rules London Court: 10 Points". NDTV.com. 10 December 2018.
- ^ "10 Companies Vijay Mallya is a Director in". www.tofler.in. Retrieved 14 July 2017.