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- Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla
Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla is the Chairman of the Indian...
- Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla
Kumar Mangalam Birla (1967-current), became the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group in 1995, succeeding his late father Aditya Vikram Birla when he was just 28 years old. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Under his leadership, the group's annual turnover grew from $2 billion in 1995 to $60 billion in 2022.
Kumar Mangalam Birla (born 14 June 1967) is an Indian billionaire industrialist, philanthropist, and the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest conglomerates in India. He is the chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani [1] and ex-chairman of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. [2]
Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla is the Chairman of the Indian multinational Aditya Birla Group, which operates in 40 countries across six continents. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA degree from the London Business School.
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Kumar Mangalam Birla was born on Wednesday, 14 June 1967 (age 56 years; as of 2023) in Calcutta (Now Kolkata), West Bengal. His zodiac sign is Gemini. One of the scions of the Birla family, Kumar Mangalam, grew up in Bombay (now Mumbai) with his family. He did his higher secondary education at Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. Aft...
Parents & Siblings
Kumar Mangalam’s father, Aditya Vikram Birla, was a famous industrialist. On 1 October 1995, Aditya Vikram Birla died at 51 after being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1993. His mother, Rajashree Birla, is a philanthropist. Mangalam’s sister, Vasavadatta Bajaj, is a director at Bajaj Consumer Private Limited.
Wife & Children
On 17 May 1989, at the age of 22, Kumar Mangalam Birla got married to Neerja Birla, a philanthropist, in an arranged marriage. Reportedly, Neerja was eighteen when she got married to Kumar Mangalam. In an interview, Kumar Mangalam talks about his experience of marrying Neera Birla at a young age and said, Kumar Mangalam’s eldest daughter, Ananyashree Birla, is a musician and entrepreneur. His son, Aryaman Birla, is a cricketer and entrepreneur. Mangalam’s third child, Advaitesha Birla, founde...
Other Relatives
Mangalam’s great-grandfather, G. D. Birla, was a businessman. G. D. Birla was known to be a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and used to advise him on economic policies. His grandfather, Basant Kumar Birla, was a businessman and the chairman of the Basant Kumar Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology (BKBIET). Mangalam’s grandmother, Sarla Birla, was a businesswoman. Sarla Birla and her husband, Basant Kumar Birla, are known to establish more than forty educational institutions in India.
Aditya Birla Group
At the age of 28, Kumar Mangalam Birla took over the position of chairman of the conglomerate Aditya Birla Group, following the death of his father. In 1995, soon after he took the family business, he united all the ventures initiated by his father under the brand Aditya Birla Group. Kumar Birla, in an interview, recalled his father’s death and talked about his experience of taking over from his father. He said, Ranked in the Fortune Globe 500 list, Aditya Birla Group was set up in 1857 by Se...
Educationist
Kumar Birla is the chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) with campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai. He is the chairman and governing council of the BITS School of Management (BITSoM). He is also the chairman of the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Mangalam is a member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board at the London Business School (LBS). He is the chairman of the Rhodes India Scholarship Committee for Oxford University, England. A direc...
Member of Board
Besides educational institutions, he served in several important positions on various regulatory and professional Boards. In 2006, Kumar was nominated as a member of the directors of the Central Board of the RBI. Later, he resigned from the RBI board to avoid any conflict of interest in 2013; conflict of interest exists when an individual or organization’s private and professional interests clash. He was the Former Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Company Affairs. He also...
FIR against Kumar Mangalam Birla
In 2013, The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a first information report (FIR) against Kumar Mangalam Birla and Hindalco Industries Ltd in the case related to the allotment of captive coal blocks between 1993 and 2010. The lawsuit was filed after the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in a 2012 report estimated a notional loss of Rs 1.86 trillion to the finances due to a flawed coal allocation process to the private sector and state-owned companies. In an interview, a C...
Kumar Mangalam Birla Steps down as the chairman of Vodafone Idea
On 4 August 2021, Vodafone Idea Limited informed that Kumar Mangalam has decided to step down as the company’s non-executive director and non-executive chairman; the board of directors of Vodafone Idea in its meeting accepted billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla’s request. On 4 August, Vodafone Idea issued a notification that said, According to official data released by the company in 2021, the total liability of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) over VIL is Rs 58,254 crore. The company paid Rs 7,854....
In 1998, the Business World listed Mangalam among the top 10 of India’s most admired and respected CEOs and the top CEO of the coming millennium.
Kumar Mangalam Birla’s car collection includes Rolls Royce Ghost, Mercedes Maybach s500, BMW 760LI, Jaguar XF, and BMW 5 series.
In March 2024, Kumar Mangalam’s net worth was estimated to be $19.6 billion, making him the eighth richest person in India. Forbes
In 2015, Kumar Mangalam purchased the Jatia house worth Rs 425 crores, located in the Malabar Hills, South Mumbai; MP Jatia initially owned the house. According to sources, the house has a built-up area of at least 28,000 square feet and was valued at nearly Rs 1.5 lakh per square foot. Kumar Mangalam’s owned Jatia house is ranked among the top 10 ...
According to Mangalam, he was never interested in pursuing Chartered Accountancy; however, his father, Aditya Vikram Birla, insisted to pursue a career in it. He cleared the exams of CA in his firs...
Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla is the Chairman of the US $ 41 billion multinational Aditya Birla Group, operating in 36 countries across 6 continents. Mr. Birla chairs the Boards of all of the Group’s major companies in India and globally.
Jan 31, 2021 · Kumar is serving as the Chairman of Vodafone Idea Limited (VI), headquartered in Mumbai and Gandhinagar. It is an Indian telecom operator and a subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group. As of 2020, Vodafone holds a 45% stake in VI and Aditya Birla Group holds a 26% stake.
