Vijay Mallya exits Forbes billionaires list
7 March 2013 5:05 AM IST
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya has been moved out of Forbes’ global rich list of 1,226 billionaires, even as the number of Indians in this elite club has grown since last year. With a net worth of $1 billion, Mallya was ranked 45th among 48 Indians on this annual rich list in March 2012 while he was placed at 1,153rd position globally. However, Mallya is missing from the Forbes list for 2013.
The 2013 list has 55 persons from India, up from 48 last year. While Mallya’s current networth is not known, Forbes magazine’s Indian edition had put the size of his fortune at $800 million in an India Rich List published a few months ago in October 2012.
Amid a huge debt burden and mounting losses at Kingfisher Airlines, Mallya’s fortunes has been declining continuously over the recent years and his net worth was pegged at $1.4 billion in March 2011. The UB Group has also proposed to sell a majority stake in United Spirits Ltd to UK-based Diageo.
‘King of good times is having nothing but bad times lately. His (Mallya’s) Kingfisher Airlines, weighed down by what is believed to be $2 billion in debt, had its licence suspended in mid-October after it apparently failed to address Indian regulator’s concerns about its ability to operate,’ Forbes India had said in October 2012. While his name was not among the billionaires, he still figured on the Forbes India Rich List at that time, as the rankings were for 100 richest in the country and included even those with a net worth of below $1 billion.
The 2013 list has 55 persons from India, up from 48 last year. While Mallya’s current networth is not known, Forbes magazine’s Indian edition had put the size of his fortune at $800 million in an India Rich List published a few months ago in October 2012.
Amid a huge debt burden and mounting losses at Kingfisher Airlines, Mallya’s fortunes has been declining continuously over the recent years and his net worth was pegged at $1.4 billion in March 2011. The UB Group has also proposed to sell a majority stake in United Spirits Ltd to UK-based Diageo.
‘King of good times is having nothing but bad times lately. His (Mallya’s) Kingfisher Airlines, weighed down by what is believed to be $2 billion in debt, had its licence suspended in mid-October after it apparently failed to address Indian regulator’s concerns about its ability to operate,’ Forbes India had said in October 2012. While his name was not among the billionaires, he still figured on the Forbes India Rich List at that time, as the rankings were for 100 richest in the country and included even those with a net worth of below $1 billion.
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