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| King of Good Times |
1. Vijay Mallya’s Busines:
Vijay Mallya became the Chairman of the ‘United Breweries
Group’ at the age of 28 years, after his father’ death.
The Annual Turnover of the ‘United Breweries Group’ increased by
64%, over a period of 15 years after Vijay Mallya took over the business.
The Liquor Brands of Vijay Mallya’s Group includes the following:
- King Fisher
Beer,
- Royal Challenge,
- Bag Piper,
- Romanov and
- Black Dog etc.
As the owner of the ‘King Fisher’ Beer with more
than 50% of the Indian Beer Market, Vijay Mallya was called the ‘Liquor
Baron’.
Vijay Mallya has acquired the following businesses:
- Berger Paints,
- Best and Crompton,
- Mangalore
Chemicals& Fertilizers,
- The Asian Age
Newspaper and
- Cine Blitz (A Bollywood Cinema
Magazine).
The ‘Kingfisher Airlines’ had been the
‘Dream Venture’ of Vijay Mallya, which turned out to be the
‘Drowning Ship’ of his business empire.
2.Vijay Mallya’s Family:
Vijay Mallya married Sameera Tyabjee, an Air
Hostess in the year 1986.
Siddharth Mallya was born to the couple -Vijay Mallya and
Sameera Tyabjee in the year 1987.
Vijay Mallya and Sameera Tyabjee got divorced after a few years.
Vijay Mallya married Rekha from Coorg, who was
known to him since his childhood days, in the year 1993.
The couple -Vijay Mallya and Rekha have 2 daughters –Leanna and
Tanya.
3. Awards and Honours Received by Vijay Mallya :
- Honorary degree
of Doctorate of Philosophy in Business Administration, by the Southern
California University for Professional Studies- 1997
- Officer de la
Legion d' Honneur, a high award of recognition in France.
- Global Leader
for Tomorrow, World Economic Forum.
- Entrepreneur of
the Year award at The Asian Awards-2010
4. Vijay Mallya the ‘Auction King’:
Vijay Mallya has successfully bid items of great historical value
to India, such as the following:
- The Sword of
Tipu Sultan’ for £1, 75,000 in the year 2004, at an auction in London,
- 30 other items
owned by Tipu Sultan from Auction Houses in the United Kingdom and
- The belongings
of Mahatma Gandhi for US $ 1.8 Million in an auction held at New York, USA
5. Political Career of Vijay Mallya:
Vijay Mallya had been elected a Member of the Rajya
Sabha, the Upper House of the Parliament of India, as an independent candidate
and he was not belonging to any political party.
6. Vijay Mallya as a ‘Bank Loans Defaulter’:
Vijay Mallya owes total Bank Loans of more than Rs 9000
Crores to 17 Banks.
State Bank of India/SBI has tagged Vijay Mallya as a ‘Willful
Defaulter’.
As of 2nd March 2016, Vijay Mallya has reportedly
fled out of India in view of his heavy dues to Banks in India.
However, Vijay Mallya has tweeted that, he has not absconded and
he is an 'International Businessman' frequently traveling to
and staying in foreign countries.
7. Net Worth/ Assets of Vijay Mallya:
As of the year 2013, the Net worth of Vijay Mallya had been
approximately US$750 million.
After the downfall of the King Fisher Airlines, his Net Worth has been reported
by many sources to have come down to US $ 250 Million.
Vijay Mallya is reported to own many assets abroad, especially in
UK and USA, including a private Jet Plane and a Yacht.
8. Sports Ventures of Vijay Mallya:
Vijay Mallya co-owns the ‘Formula One Team Sahara Force
India’.
Vijay Mallya’s companies own the Indian Premier League /IPL team-‘Royal
Challenger Bangalore’ and the Foot Ball Teams- Mohun Bagan
A.C. and East Bengal F.C.
Vijay Mallya is a member of the 'World Motors Bangalore
Port Council' representing India in the FIA.
9. Cars collections of Vijay Mallya:
Vijay Mallya is a ‘car lover’ and has a
collection of more than 200 cars and many of his cars are in California, USA.
A 100 year old Rolls-Royce car was purchased by him in the year
1980.
Many of his cars are reportedly ceased by banks in India for the
loans outstanding/ overdue by Vijay Mallya.
10. Unknown facts about Vijay Mallya:
- Vijay Mallya
loves Bentley
- His favourite
wine is ‘Ferrari Carano’
- He speaks
fluently in: Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Gujarati and English; he also
knows French.
- His favourite
sweets are mishti doi and chocolates
- His favourite
colour is Red
- He listens to
English Retro Music of the 60’s and 70’s
- He is busy
always in work or partying. (His wife Rekha on the other hand hates party)
- He makes sure to
celebrate every family member’s birthday by being personally present.
- On his birthday (18th December) he
gets the entire family together beside him.
- Forbes has
listed Vijay Mallya in 'Billionaires' ranking for many years till
the year 2013.
- His Kingfisher
Airlines, which owes banks over $1 billion, have not paid salaries
for 15 months to its staff members
- Blackberry is
his constant companion.
