Vijay Mallya
Vijay Mallya | |
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Mallya in 2008 | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 1 July 2010 – 2 May 2016 | |
| In office 10 April 2002 – 9 April 2008 | |
| Constituency | Karnataka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vijay Vittal Mallya 18 December 1955 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouses | Sameera Tyabjee Mallya
(m. 1986; div. 1987)Rekha Mallya (m. 1993) |
| Children | 3, including Siddharth Mallya |
| Parent | Vittal Mallya (father) |
| Residence(s) | London, England |
| Alma mater | La Martinière Calcutta St. Xavier's College, Kolkata |
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| Nickname | King of Good Times |
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. He was the chairman of Sanofi India (previously known as Hoechst AG and Aventis) and of Bayer CropScience in India for over 20 years, as well as of several other companies. Mallya was also the founder and former owner of the defunct Kingfisher Airlines and former co-owner of the Force India Formula One team before it went into administration. He is also a former owner of the Royal Challengers Bangalore cricket team.