Amit Bhatia Height, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Amit Bhatia

• Amit Bhatia was born in London.

• Bhatia studied economics at Cornell University in the United States, where he received the 2001 Class Award.

• He maintains ties with Cornell to this day. He has served on the university’s External Advisory Council for Internationalization and worked as a guest lecturer at the Johnson School of Management.

• Over the past twenty years, he has endowed several scholarships for undergraduate students and grants for PhD students at Cornell. Cornell’s Olin Library named its Libe Café after him, calling it the Amit Bhatia Libe Café.

• Bhatia began his working life at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley in New York, before moving to Credit Suisse First Boston in London.

• In 2004, Bhatia married Vanisha Mittal, daughter of steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal.

• The wedding cost around 55 million dollars, making it one of the most expensive weddings recorded till date.

• In the same year, he set up AyBe Capital Advisers, earlier known as Swordfish Investments, a private equity and venture capital firm.

• The firm invests across sectors including education, media, telecommunications, financial services, technology, consumer goods, real estate and health.

• Bhatia joined Queens Park Rangers Football Club in 2007. He served as vice chairman of the club until 2018 and then took over as chairman.

• He sat on the board when QPR achieved promotion to the Premier League in the 2010 to 2011 season.

• Along with his role at the club, Bhatia pushed for the development of football in India through his Foundation and the club’s outreach programs.

• The Bhatia family kept up its support for the club over the years, and this led to the South Africa Road Stand at Loftus Road being renamed the Bhatia Stand.

• In 2010, Bhatia set up the Bhatia Family Foundation, originally called The Global Relief Initiative.

• The Foundation supports causes in the UK and India. In 2013, Bhatia set up Hope Construction Materials, a cement and aggregates company, at the age of 32.

• The company was formed after Tarmac Group and Lafarge divested 200 sites.

• Hope became the first UK construction firm to join the World Economic Forum’s Global Growth Companies community.

• In the same year, Bhatia received the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award from Prime Minister Theresa May.

• He also received the Outstanding Young Executive of the Year award.

• He was named to the advisory board of the Cultural Affairs and International Relations unit within the Ministry of Culture in Saudi Arabia, and later joined the advisory boards of Metro Bank and AirAsia Berhad as well.

• In 2016, Bhatia sold Hope Construction to Breedon Aggregates.

• He then joined the board of the newly formed Breedon Group PLC, where he holds the post of chairman and remains the largest shareholder.

• Breedon has since grown into the largest independent building materials business in the UK, with more than 5,000 employees.

• Bhatia is also a founding partner of Summix Capital, a strategic land fund with a diverse real estate portfolio in the UK and Ireland.

• Through AyBe Capital, he has invested in TGL, the golf league started by Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods that combines golf with technology.

• His firm has also put money into Switch Hitter, a media brand founded by former cricketer Kevin Pietersen that produces interviews and content around top cricketers.

• On 21 July 2026, Bhatia announced he was stepping down from the QPR board.

• He transferred his shares in the Championship club to majority owner Ruben Gnanalingam, ending an 18 year long association with the club.

• By August 2026, Bhatia was leading a group of investors looking to buy a nearly one third stake in Liverpool Football Club.

• Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co founder Eduardo Saverin are part of this consortium.

• Fenway Sports Group, which has controlled Liverpool since 2010, was expected to announce the transaction within that week.

• Reports valued the deal at around 6 billion dollars, which would make it one of the richest deals in the sport.

• A spokesperson for Fenway Sports Group confirmed that the Bhatia led consortium had expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment in the club.