Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Naresh Goyal :-

Naresh Goyal :- The founder Chairman of Jet Airways.
Born:- Naresh Goyal was born on December 23, 1950 in New York City.
Details:- Forbes magazine declared him the 16th richest person in India with a net worth of $1.9 billion.
--- Naresh Goyal is the founder Chairman of Jet Airways. He started operating Jet Airways in 1993. Following the 2005 IPO of Jet Airways, Forbes magazine declared him the 16th richest person in India with a net worth of $1.9 billion.
He has just taken over Air Sahara giving his company 32% of the Indian travel market.
He has over 37 years of experience in the civil aviation sector. Under his leadership, Jet Airways has emerged as one of India's most preferred airlines.
Naresh Goyal was born on December 23, 1950 in New York City but his family moved to New Delhi when he was only 2 months old.
----- After graduating in commerce in 1967, Naresh Goyal joined the travel business with the general sales agents for Lebanese International Airlines. From 1967 to 1974, he took extensive training in all facets of the travel business through his association with several foreign airlines. He also extensively travelled overseas on business during this period.
----- In May 1974, Goyal founded Jet Airways (Private) Limited with the objective of providing sales and marketing representation to foreign airlines in India.
He was involved in developing studies of traffic patterns, route structures, operational economics and flight scheduling, all of which has made him an authority in the world of aviation and travel.
----- Mr. Goyal served on the Board of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) from 2004-2006. Mr. Goyal is the first Chairman of a private airline of India to be elected to IATA's prestigious Board of Governors.

David Filo:-

David Filo:- Cofounder of Yahoo!
Famous for :- Founding one of the most popular websites on the Internet (Yahoo! Search engine and web portal) with Jerry Yang and for being an American internet billionaire.
Details :- Born - 1966, Wisconsin, USA / Lives - United States of America
David Filo with his partner Jerry Yang, co-created the popular search engine Yahoo! while studying together at Stanford. Today Yahoo! is one of the most popular directories and search engines on the web and has grown to provide consumers with services such as online dating, shopping, and website hosting.
David Filo was born in Wisconsin in 1966, and later moved to Moss Bluff, Louisiana at the age of six. He attended high school at Sam Houston High School near Lake Charles, Louisiana and ended up at Tulane University with a Dean's Honor Scholarship. He graduated with a BS in Computer Engineering. Filo then took his studies to Stanford University where he eventually graduated with a Master of Science degree.
It was at Stanford that David Filo met Jerry Yang, another Computer Engineer. Together, Filo and Yang started surfing the fledgling internet in their spare time. There were thousands of new websites appearing every day and Filo and Yang wanted to make the most of the experience by setting up a directory in order to share sites with their friends. They created Yahoo! to help organize their findings and help other people find relevant sites.
Yahoo! quickly grew to include other Stanford alumni and Filo and Yang developed software to help categorize websites even further. The site grew even more and became a stable for online searches. Hundreds of companies jumped on board to advertise on their site and helped the company to grow to over one hundred employees in a short time.
Although Yahoo! still offers searches and directories, they have expanded their offerings to include online personals and dating, shopping, web hosting services, and more. Yahoo! offers services in countries around the world in a variety of languages. David Filo still heads software and also acts as Chief of Yahoo!.

We're not in this for the fast money. Really, what we want is to be part of this industry. ----David Filo

Monday, October 13, 2008

Vijay mallya:-

Vijay Mallya:- Chairman of the UB Group.
Details:- Net worth is US $ 1.2 billion.United Breweries is the second
largest sprits group in the world.
Born:- Vijay Mallya was born on December 18 ,year 1955.
Indian Billionaire and Liquor Tycoon , Vijay Mallya has always been known for his charismatic personality,flamboyance and lavish lifestyle.The stylish business tycoon is known for sporting diamond ear studs.Mallya does not think twice before flaunting his wealth.Mallya owns yachts,private jets,a customized boeing 727,around 250 vintage cars and a stud farm with 200 horses.Mallya’s Indian Empress is a Rs 450 crore, 311 feet yacht. Kalizma is a 165 feet yacht, this was owned by actor Richard Burton at one time.
Vijay Mallya is the Chairman of the UB Group and according to Forbes, his net worth is US $ 1.2 billion.United Breweries is the second largest sprits group in the world.We can recall that The UB Group acquired Whyte and Mackay for £ 595 million in 2007.The UB group has a market capitalization of around US$ 12 billion.
Vijay Mallya was born on December 18 ,year 1955.He studied at La Martiniere School in Kolkata.Mallya went to St Xavier’s college, University of Calcutta for his Bachelor’s Degree.He started working while he was in college.He worked for his company for Rs 400 per month.Later,Mallya went to the US and worked for American Hoechst Corporation.
Vijay Mallya became the Chairman of the UB Group at age 28 in the year 1983, after his father Vittal Mallya passed away. Since that time he has led the group and turned it into a multi billion dollar business.Today the company has annual sales of more than US$ 4 billion.Vijay Mallya holds an honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Business Administration,conferred by University of California,Irvine. Mr. Mallya likes to take on new challenges and live life to the fullest.
Vijay Mallya entered into the aviation sector when he launched Kingfisher Airlines in 2005. In Just about 3 years Kingfisher has become one of the leading Airlines in India.Mallya owns 46 per cent stake in low cost airline Air Deccan.His company appointed accenture to look at the possibility of integrating the operations of Kingfisher and Air Deccan.Accenture recommended the merger of the two Airlines.With this merger Kingfisher will be able to fly on international routes since Air Deccan becomes eligible to fly abroad this year.Kingfisher plans to start international operations by August 2008.
Kingfisher gives competition to Naresh Goyal’s Jet Airways. Naresh Goyal and Vijay Mallya were in the Forbes’ battling billionaires list since both of them have ambitious plans for their Airlines.Billionaire Naresh Goyal has a net worth of $1.4 Billion.
Vijay Mallya is the owner of The Bangalore Royal Challengers Team of the IPL. Mallya paid Rs 464.3 crore for the team.The team is led by Rahul Dravid and has Players such as Zaheer Khan,Anil Kumble,Praveen Kumar,Mark Boucher,Virat Kohli and Jacques Kallis.Mallya and Dutch Businessman Michiel Mol are the owners of a Formula One Team , Force India.Force India was earlier called spyker.They bought the team for 88 million euros.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Anil Ambani


Anil Ambani:- Chairman, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
Famous For:- As of October 6th 2007, he has a net-worth of US$42 billion, making him the 6th richest person in the world.
Details:- Born 4, June 1959 (age 49) Mumbai, India.
Anil "BIG" Ambani (born June 4, 1959) is an Indian businessman. As of October 6th 2007, he has a net-worth of US$42 billion, making him the 6th richest person in the world. His was the world's fastest-growing multi-billion-dollar fortune in percentage terms as his wealth tripled in 1 year. He has got the nickname BIG due to his "BIG" brand like BIG TV, BIG FM, BIG Music, Big Movies etc. Popular opinion says that the name BIG is used to mock at elder brother Mukesh Ambani, from whom he has an ongoing dispute.
-- Ambani is the chairman of Reliance Capital, Reliance Communications and Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Energy, and was formerly Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited. His personal stake in Reliance Communications is 66%. Reliance group is India's largest business house, founded by Anil's late father Dhirubhai Ambani (1938-2002). His mother is Kokilaben Ambani. He is married to Tina Ambani (Munim) who was a well known Indian Actress in early 80's, and with whom he has two sons, Jai Anmol and Jai Anshul. He has been linked with buying Newcastle United and Everton premier league football clubs.
The total investors' wealth in the four Anil Ambani Group firms -- Reliance Communications (RCOM), Reliance Capital (RCL), Reliance Energy (REL) and Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL) has reached 1,42,384 crore rupees, while total promoter holding is estimated at about Rs 87,000 crore. Anil's wealth comes mostly from his over 65 per cent stake in RCOM, which has a market cap of about Rs 1,03,000 crore. He also has over 50 per cent in RCL (market cap of Rs 24,000 crore), 35 per cent in REL (market cap of Rs 12,700 crore) and close to 54 per cent in RNRL, which has a market cap of about Rs 2,600 crore.His net worth subsequently plunges by over 60% owing to poor stock market condition in India led by ADAG stocks.
As of 12th September Anil Ambani is reportedly interested in taking control of premiership football team Everton FC.
Education:- Ambani holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Mumbai and an MBA degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, he serves as a member of the Wharton Board of Overseers.
Career:- Ambani joined Reliance, the company founded by his late father Dhirubhai Ambani, in 1983 as Co-Chief Executive Officer and is credited with having pioneered many financial innovations in the Indian capital markets. For example, he led India's first forays into overseas capital markets with international public offerings of global depositary receipts, convertibles and bonds. He directed Reliance in its efforts to raise, since 1991, around US$2 billion from overseas financial markets; with a 100-year Yankee bond issue in January 1997 being the high point, after which people regarded him as a financial wizard. He has steered the Reliance Group to its current status as India's leading textiles, petroleum, petrochemicals, power, and telecom company.
Anil was the member of Uttar Pradesh Development Council (This council has now been scrapped) He is also the Chairman of Board of Governors of DA-IICT, Gandhinagar and a member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is member of the Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is also a member of the Central Advisory Committee, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission. In June 2004, Anil was elected as an Independent Member of the Rajya Sabha - Upper House, Parliament of India with the support of the Samajwadi Party. In March 2006, he resigned. Recently after his brother Mukesh Ambani he also has his name in the list of Indian Trillionaires(In terms of Indian Rupee).
Anil has been linked with several starlets in his long career including his current wife of more than 15 years. He is a close friend of movie star Amitabh Bachchan. One of his major achievements in the entertainment industry is the takeover of Adlabs, the movie production to distribution to multiplex company that owns Mumbai's only dome theatre.