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  • Telecom tycoon Sunil Mittal's Bharti Airtel is among India's largest mobile phone operators with more than 600 million customers across India and Africa.
  • Airtel, which has SingTel as its partner, competes with Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio and Kumar Birla's Vodafone Idea.
  • In 2022, Google announced a $1 billion investment in Bharti Airtel, of which $700 million would be for a minority stake in the company.
  • Mittal's Bharti Global, run by his son Shravin, invested in U.K. satellite provider OneWeb, which in 2023 was merged with France's Eutelsat and Mittal was appointed as co-chairman.
  • In 2024, Bharti Global acquired a 24.5% stake in U.K. telecoms giant BT Group. Mittal joined the board in September 2025.
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Personal Stats
Age
68
Source of Wealth
Telecom, Self Made
Residence
Delhi, India
Citizenship
India
Marital Status
Married
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Punjab University
Did you know
Mittal also owns Airtel Payments Bank, a niche bank, which started as a joint venture with Kotak Mahindra Bank, controlled by fellow billionaire Uday Kotak.
Bharti was set up in 1976 as a maker of bicycle parts.
Mittal and his two siblings have pledged $1.1 billion to their charitable foundation, mainly to set up a new university to provide free education for the poor.
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