(1955-12-18) 18 December 1955 (age 68)[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
Businessman
politician
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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^Tsang, Amie; Kumar, Hari (18 April 2017). "Vijay Mallya, Once India's 'King of Good Times', Is Arrested in London". New York Times. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
^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.
Vijay Vittal Mallya (born 18 December 1955) is an Indian fugitive former businessman and politician. He is the subject of an extradition effort by the...
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last name Mallya. Sid Mallya (born 1987), director of the Indian Premier League cricket team Royal Challengers Bangalore and son of VijayMallya U. Srinivas...
Mumbai on 20 February 2008. The Bangalore franchise was purchased by VijayMallya, who paid US$111.6 million for it. This was the second highest bid for...
Mallya's son, VijayMallya, took over as director of McDowell's the same year and assumed chairmanship of UB Group and McDowell's after Vittal Mallya...
debts and finally closed its operations on 20 October 2012. Its chairman VijayMallya subsequently fled to London to allegedly hide from creditors. Kingfisher...
was formed in October 2007 when a consortium led by Indian businessman VijayMallya and Dutch businessman Michiel Mol bought the Spyker F1 team for €88 million...
previously in the Kingfisher House in Vile Parle (East), Mumbai. In 2012 VijayMallya was trying to sell the Vile Parle Kingfisher House. The airline had shut...
now majority-owned (54.8%) by Diageo. The conglomerate was headed by VijayMallya, who left India on 2 March 2016, allegedly to escape legal action by...
2013. "VijayMallya unveils IPL team Royal Challengers". The Economic Times. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2013. "SC dismisses case over Mallya's IPL...
fugitive businessmen VijayMallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi during the tenure of then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Mallya owes money to a consortium...
Kohli and coached by Daniel Vettori. In March 2016, the team director VijayMallya stepped down from his position, but chose to remain with the franchise...
(Central Business District), on the corner of Kasturba road and Vittal Mallya Road, it is just 1.8 km (1.1 mi) from M.G. Road - Brigade road junction...
of the European Parliament India VijayMallya, former member of the Rajya Sabha and son of businessman Vittal Mallya Jayant Sinha, member of the Lok Sabha...
Bommai (coming from JD(S)) and vice-president was Rajya Sabha member VijayMallya (previously vice-president of JD(U)). General Secretary was Basavaraj...
the Netherlands. At the end of the 2007 season, the team was sold to VijayMallya and renamed Force India. Spyker F1 Team was only the second Formula One...
circulate that VijayMallya, founder of Kingfisher Airlines, was interested in buying Air Deccan. Dispelled the rumours, claiming "[Mallya and I] are from...
Indian businessman VijayMallya bought the team for €88 million, several million more than Spyker paid. On 24 October 2007, Mallya was granted permission...
Singh Dhingra, a 'shopkeeper' from Amritsar, bought Berger Paints from VijayMallya". Scroll.in. Retrieved 22 February 2023. "Stocks". bloomberg.com. 20...
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