Vijay Mallya
Vijay Mallya
Vijay Mallya is an Indian businessman and politician. The son of businessman Vittal Mallya, he is the ex-chairman of United Spirits Ltd, the largest spirits company in India and continues to serve as Chairman of UB Group, an Indian conglomerate with interests in beverage alcohol, aviation infrastructure, real estate and fertiliser among others. He has been the Chairman of Sanofi Indiaas well as the Chairman of Bayer CropScience in India for over 20 years, in addition to being the Chairman...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 December 1955
CityBantwal, India
CountryIndia
I'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the need for accountability.
My father was very clear; I had to have an ordinary upbringing. I was put to work as a lowly-paid trainee after college. I didn't like it at the time, but I can't help but feel that that was probably the best thing for me.
If you work for a team, you have a different view, if you own a team you have a radically different view,
We have broken the shackles of conservative socialism. The growing middle classes want the kind of standard of living you enjoy in the West. So what I'm selling is a lifestyle.
I think it is better when people with their own businesses and means of income join politics as there is some degree of honesty and integrity.
I work hard and I play hard, too. There is nothing wrong with that.
One of India's biggest advantages is our young demographic and that we have a youthful population that is indeed our future.
I don't like to leave anything unfinished on my desk before I travel.
It's not quite right to be sitting outside India and to be judging what is happening in India.
I run my own world, because I very firmly believe that my destiny, my future, is in my hands, and I don't want to blame anybody else for the path that I take.
We tried our best to buy Dhoni during IPL 1 but unfortunately failed to do so.