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Kalanithi Maran

Indian media mogul

  • Fame53.0
  • Momentum0.7
  • Business Professionals rank#229
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  • Fame53.0
  • Momentum0.7
  • Business Professionals rank#229
  • Wikipedia27K
Born 1964 · age 62India
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  • Age
    62
    Born 1964
  • Known for
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    2026
Summary
Updated 2026-08-18

Kalanithi Maran is an Indian billionaire media proprietor. He is the founder and chairman of Sun Group, one of India's largest media conglomerates. He owns multiple television channels, newspapers, weeklies, FM radio stations, DTH services, a movie production house, and three cricket team franchises: Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League, Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the SA20 League in South Africa and Sunrisers Leeds in The Hundred in England. He also held a major share in the Indian airline SpiceJet from 2010 to 2015.

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$2.1Bestimated · 2026

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Fame
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53.0
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Momentum0.7
Historical10.2
Now attention4.2
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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#229
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