| Hailing from Ludhiana, Sunil Bharti Mittal is ranked | | | | Bharti Del Monte. It has formed another joint- venture |
| among top-ten billionaires of the world. Sunil, an | | | | with Wal-Mart to form Bharti Retail. It has tie-ups with |
| alumnus of Harvard Business School, graduated from | | | | Vodafone, Warburg Pincus, and British Telecom also. |
| Punjab University. Starting his first business as seller of | | | | Sunil Mittal is good at calculated risk taking. He had lot |
| cycle parts, Mittal wanted to try his fortune in other | | | | of guts to outsource networks and IT infrastructure, |
| ventures also. Now his Bharti Enterprises is progressing | | | | which no telecom company has done before. Mittal |
| in different sectors like communication, real estate | | | | never underestimates his enterprise. This is proved |
| sector, financial services, retail, agri business etc... | | | | when Bharti Group rejected the deal, they suppose |
| Today Bharti Group runs with a market capitalization | | | | have with South-African telecom giant MTN, since |
| of nearly $ 2 billion and employing over 5,000 people. | | | | Mittal felt the deal will make them a subsidiary of MTN. |
| Its Bharti airtel is the leader in telecommunication sector. | | | | No entrepreneur can always succeed without |
| According to entrepreneurial concepts, Sunil Bharti | | | | innovation. In the same way Sunil Bharti Mittal is also |
| mittal falls to the business entrepreneur group who | | | | innovative to keep the lead over his competitors. He |
| strike both production and marketing resources to run | | | | found that in a country like India cellular phone services |
| his business. He is a non-technical entrepreneur who is | | | | sector can hit the bull when it is given in lower price. He |
| not concerned with technical aspects of products in | | | | wanted to develop a billon-customer base with |
| which he deal. He is a first-generation entrepreneur | | | | providing cellular services prices at lower prices. So he |
| who started his venture by selling cycle parts. He was | | | | developed an innovative business model in which |
| not from an entrepreneurial background, being a son of | | | | outsourcing was given more importance and chosen |
| politician. He is also a super-growth entrepreneur, who | | | | IBM as its outsourcing partner. He chose IBM though it |
| had shown enormous of performance in his venture. | | | | wasn't an Indian enterprise, because he never wanted |
| He is now a top contender for Reliance group and the | | | | to compromise with the quality of service. He also |
| Tata's. | | | | chose Nokia and Ericsson to be its network partner. |
| He possessed several entrepreneurial characters and | | | | He also made an undersea cable link project |
| qualities which helped him to reach these heights. He | | | | connecting Chennai and Singapore with entering into a |
| had the visionary and determination to become such a | | | | joint venture with Singapore Telecom International. In |
| prominent business figure. He left Ludhiana, since he | | | | this way Bharti group was able to provide cellular |
| thought moving to metros like Bombay could fetch him | | | | services for its customers at lower rates. Mittal also |
| good opportunities to shine in business. He had flexibility | | | | launched the Bharti Airtel's Digital TV. He wanted to |
| and adaptability in business which molded him into | | | | have a competitive edge over existing competitiors |
| successful entrepreneur. In 1982, Mittal was at his peak | | | | Reliance Big TV, Tata Sky, Dish TV etc... So he |
| making profits out of selling portable generators | | | | partnered with Narayanamurthy's Infosys Technologies |
| imported from Japan. To his dismay, government | | | | to deliver Next-Gen interactivity on its DTH service. |
| posed ban on importing generators at that time, since | | | | In his life Mittal had tasted success in all ventures which |
| local manufacturers would get affected. Soon, Mittal | | | | he undertook. Mittal was chosen as one of the top |
| came out with another idea of selling 'push button | | | | entrepreneurs in the world for the year 2000.His Bharti |
| phone' in India which outdated bulky phones which | | | | Airtel is still the number one telecom company which |
| were already in use. In this way Bharti Telecom Limited | | | | transformed telecom sector with its world class |
| was incorporated with the tie-up of Siemens, | | | | services. Bharti enterprises is engaging in various |
| Germany. | | | | sector like communication, retail, real-estates, financial |
| He is the person who takes initiative and uses the | | | | services, entertainment, etc... Now Bharti Entreprises is |
| opportunity to optimal level. He was the first mover in | | | | the one of the leading business group. Today, Bharti |
| telecommunication sector India. When Indian | | | | with its subscriber base of over 21 million constitute |
| government licensed mobile phone services in 1992, | | | | 28% of the total subscriber base of India. |
| Mittal formed the Bharti Cellular Limited in collaboration | | | | With the vision of making Bharti group as the premium |
| with Vivendi, a French based telecom company to | | | | Indian conglomerate and expanding their business over |
| offer cellular services under brand name 'Airtel'. Airtel | | | | the globe, Mittal is heading further. Bharti group is a |
| was the first company to have reached a mammoth | | | | rising sun in retail sector, after having tie-up with the |
| figure of 2 million plus customers. Sunil Mittal is the | | | | retail giant Wal-Mart, which is the largest company in |
| person who can analyze the trends and is capable of | | | | fortune 500 listing. He wants to enter African and |
| measuring the right stuff according to the trend. He | | | | South Asian markets to build a global empire. Though |
| brought down the STD/ISD cellular rates under brand | | | | affected by loss of rupee's strength against dollar, |
| name 'Indiaone'. Sunil Bharti Mittal has the leadership | | | | competition posed by international players and feeling |
| quality and dynamism which is proved at many | | | | the pinch of global financial crisis, Mittal still show good |
| instances. He could keep up the hopes of investors at | | | | progress in his ventures. Mittal has developed different |
| times when economic crisis took place and times | | | | strategies to cope with the competition; he is going to |
| when telecommunications sector was facing its | | | | face with the arrival of more international players to |
| downhill. | | | | India markets in telecom industry. Thus Sunil Bharti |
| Moreover Mittal is a competent negotiator and this | | | | Mittal will be a successful entrepreneur in future and his |
| quality helped him in expanding his business. Now Bharti | | | | Bharti group is going to be the one of the top business |
| enterprises have tied-up with AXA group of France to | | | | houses of the world. |
| form Bharti AXA group, joined with Del Monte to form | | | | |