Kalanithi Maran | |
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Alma mater | Loyola College, Chennai University of Scranton |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Founder & Chairman of the Sun Group |
Spouse | Kavery Maran |
Children | Kavya Maran |
Father | Murasoli Maran |
Relatives | Dayanidhi Maran (brother) |
Kalanithi Maran (born 24 July 1964) is an Indian media proprietor. He is the chairman and founder of Sun Group, one of India's largest media conglomerates.[2][3][4] He owns multiple television channels, newspapers, weeklies, FM radio stations, DTH services, a movie production house (Sun Pictures) and 2 cricket teams (Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League and Sunrisers Eastern Cape in South Africa T20 League).[5] He also held a major share in the Indian airline SpiceJet from 2010 to 2015.[6][7]