Rank #1888
Kalanithi Maran
Net worth $2.2B
Media · India
- Born
- Jul 24, 1965
- Age
- 60
- Source
- Media
- Residence
- Chennai
- Citizenship
- India
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 1
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, University of Scranton
Net worth over time
Biography
- Politician's son Kalanithi Maran dabbled in his family's modest publishing business before launching Sun TV Network in 1993.
- Sun is now a regional television heavyweight with 37 channels reaching more than 140 million households in India.
- In June 2024 it launched a Hindi entertainment channel called Sun Neo.
- Maran's other interests include newspapers, radio and direct-to-home television.
- His wife, Kavery, is an executive director at Sun TV Network and oversees content.
- Maran and his brother Dayanidhi, a former telecom minister, were embroiled in a telecom corruption case but were cleared of all charges.
- Sun owns Sunrisers Hyderabad, an Indian Premier League cricket team.
- In August 2025 Sun TV Network said that the legal notice served in June by his younger brother Dayanidhi, alleging share transfer disputes in 2003, was withdrawn.
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