KALANIDHI MARAN
Kalanidhi Maran is the Chairman and Managing Director of
Sun Network which is the most profitable television
network in Asia. In June 2010, He
acquired Spice
Jet which is the
most
profitable airlines
in India.
His television channels and newspapers are primarily concentrated in South India and FM radio stations, DTH service, Airlines are spread across the country.
Schooling at Don Bosco , Egmore Chennai.
In Loyola College ,Chennai he became student’s union chairman and led an agitation on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue .
Received MBA from the University of Scranton
Worked for Kungumam Tamil Magazine owned by his family in the late 1980s.
In 1990 he started a monthly video (VHS) news magazine in Tamil called Poomaalai which was stopped in 1992 due to piracy.
He Founded SunTV on April 14, 1993 with an investment of 86000 US$ from Bank loan.
Early life…
ACHIEVEMENTS
He is the 17th richest Indian with net worth of 4 Billion US$ (Rs 18000 Crores) .
He is the highest paid business man in India.
He has won Young Businessman awards from CNBC, ERNST & Young.
Prestigious USA based Forbes magazine named him as "Television king of southern India".
He was also among the few representatives at a roundtable with visiting U.S. President Bill Clinton
Sun TV was listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange on April 24, 2006.
BUSINESS ENTITIES Tv channels
Spice jet
Fm radio
Print media
Sun pictures
Tv CHANNELS SunTv
Ktv Sun music
Chutti Tv
Adithya
Sun news
Telungu channels
Gemini Tv
Gemini movies
Gemini news Gemini music
Gemini comedy
Kushi Tv
Malayalam Channels
Surya Tv Kiran tv
Kannada Channels
Chintu tv
Udaya varthegalu
Udaya 2
Udaya movies
Udaya tv
Fm radio
SUN DIRECT DTH
Sun Direct is a DTH satellite television provider in India , using MPEG-4 Digital compression technology
It is No 2 in South Asia with a customer base of 5.8 Million
• Sun Pictures is a film distribution and production studio unit of Chennai, based Sun Network owned by Kalanidhi Maran. It started its operation in 2008 starting with low budget movies and holds the credit of producing India's costliest film
The latest films includes Theeradha Vilaiyattu
Pillai Sura Singam Thillalangadi Enthiran Mappillai
•Kunkumam• Tamil Murasu•Dinakaran
Print media
• He is the son of Former Union Minister of commerce Murasoli Maran, nephew of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi , and the brother of India's textile minister Dayandhi Maran
Family
• He married Kaveri a Kannadiga in 1991 and has a daughter named Kavya. His wife is the Joint Managing Director of Sun network.
• He proved to be successful in spite of his father's political rivals ruling the state for most of the period since he entered the media business. He also emerged as No.1 in neighboring states where his competitors includes politicians and business men from those states.
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