BUSINESS LEADER

BUSINESS LEADERSUBRATA ROY (Saharasri)

Made ByNikita PatilPranay DagaNidhi GuptaNakul SuramwarSwapnil GoriyantalSaket Sarda

Subrata Royalso known asSaharasriis an Indian businessman who is the founder and chairman of theSahara India Pariwar. He also ownsSubrata Roy Sahara Stadium, the home stadium of PuneWarriors India,London'sGrosvenor House,New York'sPlaza Hotel,Aamby Valley Cityand has 42.5% stake inTeam Force India(F1 Team).

BIOGRAPHYBorn10 June 1948(age64) at Araria,Bihar, IndiaResidenceLucknowNationalityIndianEthnicityBengali HinduOccupationFounder and Chairman of the Sahara India GroupYears active 1978 presentKnownfor Owner ofPune Warriors India, Grosvenor House, Aamby Valley City,Plaza HotelHome townLucknowSpouseSwapna RoyChildren2 (two sons)

FAMILY BACKGROUND

Subrata Roy was born in Bihar in 1948 to Sri Sudhir Chandra Roy and Srimoti Chhabi Roy. Sri Sudhir Chandra was a mechanical engineer with a transferable job and Srimoti Chhabi Roy is fromBikrampur,Bangladesh. Srimoti Chhabi Roy with her brothers migrated toWest Bengalin 1947 duringPartition of Bengal. Subrata Roy studied at Holy Child School inKolkataand later studied mechanical engineering atBenaras Hindu University. Sahara started his first business inGorakhpur.

BUSINESS CAREER Subrata Roy began his journey in 1978 with an initial asset base of just USD 43. He stared with just three workers in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh as a small deposits para-banking business. From there, it went on to become the largest conglomerate of India with a diversified range of business interests. Before Subrata Roy founded the Sahara Group, he had already gathered 32 years of precious experience in business development.

AWARDS & HONOURS

Subrata Roy Sahara recently gotIndian Business Icon of the Year Award.He has been also rewarded with Lakshya-2010 Business Visionary Award.He has been theITA TV Icon of the Year 2007.He has received theGlobal Leadership Awardin 2004.He was also awarded withBusinessmen of the Year Awardin the year 2002.TheBest Industrialist Awardin the year 2002.National Citizen Awardin the year 2001.He won the Academy Award inIndian Television Academy Awardsfor his contribution to Indian Television.Has been awarded withhonorary degreeofD.Litt.byLalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga.

SUBRATA ROY SAHARA STADIUM Originally the stadium was proposed to be christened after the name of Sahara India Group, but owing to technical reasons whereby rules did not permit naming after any Corporate brand or Company name, MCA thought of naming the state-of-the-art stadium after the name of the visionary Chairman and Managing Worker of Sahara India Pariwar, as Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium. The proposal which after active insistence by MCA, that Mr Roy has reluctantly agreed to accept.

BUSINESS OF SAHARA INDIAREAL ESTATEENTERTAINMENTNEWSFINANCEHOSPITALITYMERCHANDISEMANUFACTURING

REAL ESTATESubrata Roy Sahara established 18 years of experience in real estate business.Sahara Real Estate Corporation LimitedandSahara Housing Investment Corporation Limited.The flagship real estate projectSahara City Homeschain of townships is proposed to be across 217 cities in India.Recently it has launched Sahara Grace brand Phase II. After Sahara Grace atGurgaonandLucknow, theKochiproject is the third under this brand which is positioned to provide a product mix of apartments and penthouses to its residents.Aamby Valley CityinMaharashtranearMumbai Pune Expressway. The city is spread over 10000 acres of land.

ENTERTAINMENT & NEWS

National Hindi News ChannelSamay, 36 city specific regional news channels.Sahara Samay,Sahara One- general entertainment channel and a Hindi movie channelFilmy.Sahara has recently launched Firangichannel which is positioned as World Television inHindi.Subrata Roy Sahara owns one national weekly magazine in English, 7 editions of Hindi Daily NewspaperRashtriya Sahara, nine editions of Urdu Daily NewspaperRoznama Rashtriya Saharaand one International Urdu Weekly.

HOSPITALITYHotelSahara StarinMumbai, a 5-star hotel spread over 7.42 acres, adjacent to the Mumbai domestic airport. Currently it has 210 guest rooms, 13 suites and 9 restaurants. It contains World's largest pillar-less clear-to-sky dome of its kind, world's first hemisphere-shaped glass elevators, marine aquarium, lagoon area, inward and outward facing rooms, glass roof rooms, parking and shall have amenities like Sahara Health and Wellness Centre, multi-cuisine restaurants and preview theatre.Grosvenor House Hotel, London (UK) New York's LandmarkPlaza Hotel.

MERCHANDISE Sahara Q Shop: Sahara Q Shop is a mega quality consumer merchandise business from Sahara India Pariwar. Our aim is to provide pure, adulteration-free and 100% quality products to the country. The products will be offered at the most competitive prices and right quantities. In addition, Sahara Q Shop will also provide the benefit and convenience of home-delivery to our esteemed customers.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTLIABILITIESAMOUNT (IN CR.)Total fund received / raised from public since 1978 till 30/4/2011, outstanding balances of secured loans from Banks, Advances against various projects, Life Insurance Policy Holders Fund and Mutual Funds etc.1,64,909Total repayment against above liabilities including interest1,24,831Net Outstanding liability of Public Deposits, OFCD, Secured Loan from Banks, Advances against various projects, Life Insurance Policy Holders Fund and Money in Mutual Fund.40,078

ParticularsBook ValueMarket ValueIndicativeEarningInvestment in Govt. Securities,Fixed Deposit, Cash & Bank balancesGovernment Securities, Bank Bonds etc.3,230Fixed Deposit, CD with Bank, Cash & Bank Balances8,367Total11,59711,70811,708Fixed Assets, Inventory, WIP projects etc.Fixed Assets6,144Land, Inventory, Work in Progress etc.22,672Total28,81685,6202,51,554

TOTAL GROUP ASSETS

PARTICULARSBook ValueMarket ValueIndicativeEarningOther Current AssetsSundry Debtors1,108Loans & Advances7,643Other Investments3,864Total12,61419,39019,390Total Group Assets 53,0271,16,7192,82,652Billions USD11.7825.9462.81

SOCIAL INITIATIVES

Mega Rehabilitation Project: Sahara GramAdoption of families of Kargil MartyrsProgrammes for Handicapped (Sahyog)Pulse Polio Programme Taking up Social Causes in Pune Mobile Healthcare Units

SPORTSSahara India Pariwar is currently serving its third consecutive term as the official sponsor of Indian Cricket Team.Sponsor of the Senior Indian Hockey Team since the year 2003Sahara also officially sponsors Asia's oldest football league The Calcutta Football LeagueSahara has adopted 95 promising individuals from 6 Olympic disciplines, namely Wrestling, Boxing, Shooting, Archery, Track & Field and Tennis until and after the 2012 London Olympics with a view to help India claim more medals in the international sporting arena.

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