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.
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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