Kalanithi Maran

Kalanithi Maran is an Indian media baron who is the chairman and founder of the Sun Group. He owns television channels, newspapers, weeklies, FM Radio stations, DTH services and a movie production house. He also held a major share in the Indian airline Spice Jet from 2010 to 2015.

  • 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 32 channels reaching more than 95 million households in India.
  • Sun’s reach also extends to the south Indian diaspora in 27 countries around the world.
  • Maran’s other interests include FM radio, newspapers and direct-to-home television.

 

Kalanithi Maran Sun Group