Vijay Mallya

Vijay Mallya, kannada: ವಿಜಯ ಮಲ್ಯ, ( born December 18, 1955 in Bantwal to Mangalore ) is an Indian entrepreneur, member of the Rajya Sabha, managers and multi-millionaire. According to Forbes magazine, his total assets amounted to approximately $ 750 million (as of October 2013).

Vijay Mallya, the College La Martiniere Calcutta and the University of Calcutta visited, which he left with a Bachelor of Commerce (BCA ). At the age of 18 he got a directorship in his father's company.

Since 1983 he has been at the forefront of a number of companies, including UBICS Inc., USA, Herbertsons Ltd.. , Mendocino Brewing Co. Inc., Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd. , India, Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers, Bayer CropScience Ltd. and especially the United Brewery Group, which he still projects (since 1983). In 2005 he founded the Indian airline Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. Whose CEO he is today also. Mallya Kingfisher airline is supposed to be in debt in 2012 after "Forbes" formatted with two billion dollars. Since the beginning of October 2012 There is no more plane takes off, because the workers strike over unpaid wages. The pilot's license was temporarily suspended. According to media reports, will Mallya parts of his company United Spirits, the leading whiskey writer of India, sell to Diageo to save the airline. One part of the Formula 1 team Sahara Force India has ceded last year Mallya.

In addition, he is on the board of the Institute of Economic Studies (India ) and the Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries and is a member of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament. In May 1999 he was appointed member of the "Leading Intellectuals of the World".

Together with the Dutchman Michiel Mol, he founded the Orange -India Holding that the Formula 1 team Spyker took over in September 2007, which now bears the name of Sahara Force India Formula One Team.

The University of California at Irvine awarded him an honorary doctorate in Business Administration.

Mallya is since 2006 the owner of the yacht Indian Empress ( Launched 2000), which is among the 50 largest yachts in the world.