The Silver Lining
JYOTI YADAV,
PGDM, 2015-17,
ISME
#ISMEianWrites
2015 - 17
Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it
is the courage to continue that counts
The king of good times Vijaya Mallya –
• India’s most exuberant, High class, outspoken
businessmen Vijaya Mallya is a man of cour-
age. His life can be well described as a ‘king
size life’. He took over as the chairman of UB
at the age of 27. Immediately after which he
proved his unique leadership style by growing
UB into a multinational conglomerate of over
sixty companies.
• They are not just into Kingfi sher beer and
Kingfisher airlines, but also into life sciences,
engineering, agriculture, chemicals, informa-
tion technology and leisure. He started off
with Kingfisher Airlines in 2005 and not a long
journey it took for them to grab thirty awards
since inception.
• Kingfisher Airlines were the first to operate in
India with all brand new aircrafts, followed by
being the first Indian company to Purchase
an Airbus A-380.
• Mallya, despite his current reputation has
always made India proud by bringing most
of the historical assets back in India from
abroad. From winning the bid of GBP 175,000
for the sword of Tipu Sultan from London to
having brought most of the Mahatma Gan-
dhi’s belongings to his own country amid high
drama from New York.
• Vijaya mallya has been recognized as a Doc-
torate of Philosophy in Business Administra-
tion, by the Southern California University,
Irvine. He is a believer in mankind and have
always contributed generously to charitable
trusts and foundations in addition to having
established The Mallya Hospital, The Mal-
lya-Aditi School and the Vittal Mallya Scien-
tific Research Foundation in Bangalore, India.
• It was just not about business for Vijaya Mal-
lya, having keen interest in sports he has won
many trophies in car and horse racing and
to add, is the first Indian ever to become the
owner of Force India Formula One, which is
also India’s first-ever Formula One Team and
represents the country’s first, truly global
sports foray.
• Having established 26 residencies across the
world with his main home is in Sausalito, Cal-
ifornia built on an area of 11000 square feet.
Beside this, he owns a castle in Scotland,
homes in Monaco, Trump Plaza in New York
City, the Northern California region of Napa
Valley, South Africa and five Indian cities in-
cluding New Delhi, Bombay and Bangalore.
Other expensive assets include a stud farm
comprising over 250 race horses and a castle
in the United Kingdom. He also has a sprawl-
ing mansion on Bangalore’s Vittal Mallya
Road (named after his father); there is also a
Vijay Mallya Road in Bangalore.