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Vijay Mallya

1955 - Today

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Vijay Vittal Mallya (born 18 December 1955) is an Indian businessman and a former politician. He is the subject of an extradition effort by the Indian Government to bring him back from the UK to face charges of financial crimes in India. His last formal appeal against extradition was rejected in 2020, but as of April 2025 the order had not been enforced; the judge in a case rejecting his appeal against bankruptcy said "apparently Dr Mallya is still resisting extradition on other bases which have yet to be resolved". 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vijay Mallya is the 616th most popular businessperson (down from 563rd in 2019), the 815th most popular biography from India (down from 702nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Indian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Vijay Mallya ranks 616 out of 847. Before him are Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, Alan Sugar, Mira Murati, Richard Bass, Shuntaro Furukawa, and Zhang Yiming. After him are Mark R. Hughes, Billy Beane, Marc Faber, Marina Berlusconi, Bernard Knubel, and Richard DeVos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Vijay Mallya ranks 431. Before him are Gregor Braun, Mohamed Brahmi, Edmund Ho, Topper Headon, Udit Narayan, and Erick Mombaerts. After him are Barbara Kingsolver, Alan Hansen, Patrick Achi, Ole von Beust, Michael Steele, and Matthias Herget.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vijay Mallya ranks 815 out of 1,861. Before him are Anita Desai (1937), Yogi Adityanath (1972), Sachin Tendulkar (1973), S. M. Krishna (1932), J. H. C. Whitehead (1904), and Sudeep (1973). After him are Radhanath Sikdar (1813), Jagjit Singh (1941), Cornelia Sorabji (1866), P. T. Usha (1964), M. K. Stalin (1953), and Jagdish Bhagwati (1934).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In India

Among businesspeople born in India, Vijay Mallya ranks 17. Before him are Akshata Murty (1980), Azim Premji (1945), Gautam Adani (1962), Indra Nooyi (1955), Anil Ambani (1959), and Dwarkanath Tagore (1794). After him are Cyrus Mistry (1968), Nita Ambani (1963), Dorabji Tata (1859), Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (1953), Pallonji Mistry (1929), and Vinod Khosla (1955).

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