Kalanithi Maran Height, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kalanithi Maran

• Kalanithi grew up in a politically influential family.

• In 1990, he started a monthly Tamil video magazine, Poomaalai.

• In 1992, he founded Sun Group, a media company.

• When Bill Clinton, the then President of the United States, visited India in March 2000, Kalanithi Maran was among the few representatives present at a round-table discussion with him.

• With an investment of USD 86,000 from a bank loan guaranteed by his father and his own savings, Maran founded Sun TV on 14 April 1993.

• On 24 April 2006, Sun TV was listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

• Sun Network was among the first to procure the license for satellite broadcasting.

• Sun TV was the first and primary channel of the group. Over time, the channel expanded to offer approximately 35 channels in six languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi, and Malayalam.

• Throughout the years, Sun Group expanded into several other sectors, including radio (Suryan FM, Red FM, and Magic FM), publishing (magazines and newspapers like Dinakaran, Tamil Murasu, and Malai Murasu), film production (Sun Pictures), sports (IPL franchise ownership with Sunrisers Hyderabad), and digital streaming services (Sun NXT).

• The group launched its DTH company, Sun Direct, in 2007.

• In 2010, with a net worth of US$4 Billion, Kalanithi Maran became the 17th richest Indian. In the same year, he also became the highest-paid businessman in India.

• He was appointed as the promoter director and chairman of SpiceJet and its board in 2010. He held a huge stake in the airline from 2010 to 2015.
  

  Kalanithi Maran as the promoter director of SpiceJet

• For the fiscal year 2011–2012, Kalanithi and his wife, Kaveri were ranked the second highest-paid Indian executives with a package of ₹62 crore, behind Naveen Jindal.

• He was once named Television King of Southern India by Forbes for his extensive media empire

• Kalanithi co-owns the Indian Premier League Team “Sunrisers Hyderabad.”
  

  Kalanithi Maran during a match of Sunrisers Hyderabad

• In September 2023, Kalanithi Maran celebrated the success of the film ‘Jailer’ by presenting Rajinikanth with a BMW X7 as a gift. He brought both a BMW X7 and a BMW i7 EV to Rajinikanth’s residence and asked him to choose between the two. Rajinikanth ultimately opted for the BMW X7.
  

  Kalanithi Maran after gifting BMW X7 to Rajinikanth

• On 10 September 2023, Kalanithi Maran marked the success of the film ‘Jailer’ by felicitating more than 300 people with gold coins who contributed to its success.

BREAKING: Kalanithi Maran felicitated more than 300 people who worked for #Jailer with gold coins today.

𝗕𝗼𝘅𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗮𝘂𝗿 𝗥𝗔𝗝𝗜𝗡𝗜pic.twitter.com/6efmA5tkTo

— Manobala Vijayabalan (@ManobalaV) September 10, 2023