Sun Group
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media, film production, distribution, telecommunication, aviation |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Area served | 27 countries including U.S.A, Canada, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Srilanka, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand |
Key people | Kalanidhi Maran |
| Products | Sun TV Spicejet Dinakaran Tamil Murasu kunkumam Red FM 93.5 Suryan FM 93.5 Sun Pictures Sun Direct DTH |
| Website | Sun Group Web site |
Sun Group is a business conglomerate, which is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The group is owned and headed by Indian billionaire Kalanithi Maran and his family members including his wife Kaveri Maran. In a short span, Sun Group's Sun TV Network has become one of the largest media networks of India. It also entered the aviation business with Spicejet.
Sun Group is divided in two holdings: Kal Media Services Pvt. Ltd. and Kal Airways Pvt. Ltd.. While Kal Media Services manages the TV, Radio, Newspaper and Magazine business, Kal Airways focuses on the development of its airline Spicejet.
Divisions
Kal Media Services Pvt. Ltd.
Following segments are part of Sun TV Network:
20 TV Channels across South Indian languages
45 Radio stations across all India
2 daily newspapers in Tamil language
4 weekly magazines in Tamil language
Sun Pictures, a leading film production and distribution company
Sun Direct, one of India's leading DTH companies, also first to carry HD channels in India.
Sumangali Cable Vision (SCV) - Multi System Operators (MSO).
Sun 18 south - to distribute its channels.
Kal Airways Pvt. Ltd.
Spicejet
Board
- Kalanidhi Maran (Chairman and Managing director)
- Kaveri Maran (Joint Managing Director)
- M K Harinarayanan (Director)
- Nicholas Martin Paul (Director)
- S Selvam (Director)
- S Sridharan (Director)
- J Ravindran (Director)
- K. Vijay Kumar (COO of Sun TV Network)
- W. Hansraj Saxena (COO of Sun Pictures)
- Tony D'Silva (CEO of Sun Direct)
- Neil Mills (CEO of Spicejet)
- Sanjay Reddy (Head of Andhra Pradesh segment)
- L. V. Navaneeth (Vice-president)
- R Ravi (Company Secretary & Compliance Officer)
- S Kannan (Chief Technical Officer)
- V C Unnikrishnan (Chief Financial Officer)
References
Sun Group Website - www.sun.in