Kalanithi Maran

Founder at SUN TV NETWORK LIMITED

Net worth: 1 565 M $ as of 2026-05-30

61 year

36 connections

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Founder of Sun TV Network Ltd., Kalanithi Maran currently is Executive Chairman at this company. Mr. Maran is also on the board of 13 other companies. He previously was Chairman for SpiceJet Ltd. Mr. Maran received an undergraduate degree from the University of Madras and an MBA from the University of Scranton.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
SUN TV NETWORK LIMITED 75%	2025-06-29	295,563,457 ( 75% )	1 565 M $	2026-05-30

Latest news about Kalanithi Maran

25-07-24

SpiceJet says Supreme Court dismissed appeal filed by KAL Airways and Kalanithi Maran seeking damages

Kalanithi Maran active positions

Companies	Position	Start
SUN TV NETWORK LIMITED	Founder	1985-12-17
Kungumam Publications Pvt Ltd.	Director/Board Member	2011-09-19
Kal Holdings Pvt Ltd.	Director/Board Member	2011-09-19
Kal Media Services Pvt Ltd. Kal Media Services Pvt Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Functions as a investment holding company	Director/Board Member	2011-09-19
Kal Publications Pvt Ltd. Kal Publications Pvt Ltd. Publishing: NewspapersConsumer Services publishes newspapers & magazines	Director/Board Member	2011-09-19
Kal Comm Pvt Ltd. Kal Comm Pvt Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a trading company	Director/Board Member	2011-09-19
Kal Investments (Madras) Pvt Ltd.	Director/Board Member	2011-09-19
Kungumam Nithiyagam Pvt Ltd.	Director/Board Member	2011-09-19
KAL Airways Pvt Ltd. KAL Airways Pvt Ltd. AirlinesTransportation Provides air transportation services	Director/Board Member	2011-09-19
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Linked companies

Private companies	17
SpiceJet Ltd. SpiceJet Ltd. AirlinesTransportation Provides commercial airline services	Transportation
University of Scranton University of Scranton Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of Madras University of Madras Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Sun TV Network Ltd. Sun TV Network Ltd. BroadcastingConsumer Services Provides television broadcasting services	Consumer Services
South Asia FM Ltd. South Asia FM Ltd. BroadcastingConsumer Services Provides radio broadcasting services	Consumer Services
Kal Radio Ltd. Kal Radio Ltd. BroadcastingConsumer Services Operates radio broadcasting station	Consumer Services
KAL Airways Pvt Ltd. KAL Airways Pvt Ltd. AirlinesTransportation Provides air transportation services	Transportation
Sun Direct TV Pvt Ltd. Sun Direct TV Pvt Ltd. Major TelecommunicationsCommunications Provides DTH services	Communications
Sun TV Network Europe Ltd.
Kungumam Publications Pvt Ltd.
Kungumam Nithiyagam Pvt Ltd.
Kal Investments (Madras) Pvt Ltd.
Kal Comm Pvt Ltd. Kal Comm Pvt Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a trading company	Commercial Services
Kal Publications Pvt Ltd. Kal Publications Pvt Ltd. Publishing: NewspapersConsumer Services publishes newspapers & magazines	Consumer Services
Kal Media Services Pvt Ltd. Kal Media Services Pvt Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Functions as a investment holding company	Finance
Sun Business Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Kal Holdings Pvt Ltd.