Sunil Bharti Mittal was born on 23 October 1957 and is an Indian billionaire businessman and philanthropist.
21 Facts About Sunil Mittal
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Sunil Mittal is the founder and chairperson of Bharti Enterprises, which has diversified interests in telecom, insurance, real estate, education, malls, hospitality, Agri and food besides other ventures.
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Sunil Mittal's father, Sat Paul Mittal, had been the Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Ludhiana, Punjab, he was elected from Punjab for two terms and nominated to the Rajya Sabha once.
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Sunil Mittal first joined the Wynberg Allen School in Mussoorie, but later attended Scindia School at Gwalior and he graduated in 1976 from Panjab University, Chandigarh, with a Bachelor of Arts and Science for which he studied in Arya College, Ludhiana.
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Sunil Mittal sold his bicycle parts and yarn factories and moved to Mumbai.
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Sunil Mittal then imported thousands of Suzuki Motors's portable electric-power generators from Japan.
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So, Sunil Mittal clinched a deal with the French telecom group Vivendi.
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Sunil Mittal was one of the first Indian entrepreneurs to identify the mobile telecom business as a major growth area.
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Sunil Mittal's plans were finally approved by the Government in 1994 and he launched services in Delhi in 1995, when Bharti Cellular Limited was formed to offer cellular services under the brand name AirTel in 1997.
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Sunil Mittal noted that the sale, considered by many to be only a modest success, was a "strong endorsement from qualified investors".
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The board was restructured ahead of the IPO with Sunil Mittal remaining as Chairman and Managing Director.
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In 2013, Sunil Mittal was ordered to appear before a special Delhi court to answer questions about the additional allocation of airwaves to certain companies.
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In late 2013, Sunil Mittal announced the acquisition of Warid Congo, making Bharti Airtel the largest telecoms provider in the Republic of Congo.
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In 2015, Sunil Mittal announced that he would be joining the board of Oneweb, a space internet company.
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In 2016, Sunil Mittal made changes at Bharti Airtel to enable the company to compete against the launch of Jio.
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In 2017, Sunil Mittal announced "war on roaming" by scrapping charges for outgoing and incoming calls within India as well as international roaming charges.
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Sunil Mittal has been working towards educating India through the Bharti Foundation, which is the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises.
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Sunil Mittal has been married "for decades" to Nyna Sunil Mittal, a philanthropist who focuses on education.
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One son, Kavin Bharti Sunil Mittal, is an entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Hike, a New Delhi-headquartered tech and internet startup.
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The other son, Shravin Bharti Sunil Mittal, is the founder and CEO of Unbound, a London-based venture capital and private equity firm, and a director of Bharti Global Ltd, a London-headquartered firm in the Bharti corporate family.
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Sunil Mittal was reportedly instrumental in the successful acquisition of OneWeb.