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Sunil Bharti Mittal, born October 23, 1957 is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman and managing director of the Bharti group. The $4.5 billion turnover company runs India's largest GSM-based mobile phone service. is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The son of a politician, Sunil Mittal is a Rajasthani. He has built the Bharti group, along with two siblings, into India's largest mobile phone operator in just ten years. The UK based telecommunication giant, Vodafone and Singapore's SingTel both own stakes in the recently renamed flagship company Bharti Airtel. The group also has partnerships with Axa for insurance and with the Rothschild family for exporting fruits and vegetables.[citation needed] The Rajasthani languages are a group of related languages spoken in India and Pakistan . ...
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He has been Chairman & Managing Director of Bharti Group since October 2001. As of 6th October 2007, Sunil's stake in the Bharti group was worth $20.9 billion, making him the 4th richest Indian. [2]
Entrepreneurial Ventures Residing in Delhi, he is married, having three children. A first generation entrepreneur, he started his first business in 1976 at the age of 26, with a capital investment of Rs 20,000 (U$1500) borrowed from his father. His first business was to make crankshafts for local bicycle manufacturers. [3]
In 1980 he sold his bicycle parts and yarn factories and moved to Mumbai. [4] , “Bombay†redirects here. ...
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He established the first company to manufacture push button telephones in India. He was one of the first Indian entrepreneurs to identify the mobile telecom business as a major growth area and launched services in the city of Delhi and the National Capital Region in the year 1995.[citation needed]
Tie-Up with Wal-Mart In November 2006, he struck a joint venture deal with Wal-Mart, the US retail giant, to start a number of retail stores across India. 67 die and about 300,000 people are affected by floods in Ethiopias Somali Region of Ogaden after the Shabelle River bursts its banks. ...
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In July 2006, he attracted many key executives from ADAG company, NIS Sparta and created Bharti comtel.
Awards Sunil has received several awards including: - Padma Bhushan in 2007, from the President of India
- Asia Businessman of the Year, Fortune Magazine 2006 [5]
- Telecom Person of the Year, Voice & Data, 2006
- CEO of the year 2005, at the Frost and Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT awards 2006 [6]
- Best Asian Telecom CEO, Telecom Asia Awards 2005
- Best CEO, India, Institutional Investor, 2005
- Business Leader Of The Year, Economic Times, 2005
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2004, Ernst & Young
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