Private | |
Industry | Conglomerate |
Founded | 1976 |
Founder | Sunil Bharti Mittal |
Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
Key people
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Sunil Bharti Mittal (Founder & Chairman) Rakesh Bharti Mittal (Vice Chairman) Rajan Bharti Mittal (Vice Chairman) Akhil Gupta (Vice Chairman) |
Products | Telecommunications, Retail, Insurance, Digital TV, Real estate, Solar Energy |
Revenue | US$16.5 billion (2014) |
Profit | ₹48.00 billion (US$750 million) (2012) |
Number of employees
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30,000+ (2010) |
Subsidiaries |
Bharti Airtel Bharti AXA General Insurance Bharti AXA Life Insurance Bharti Infratel Bharti Realty Bharti Retail Bharti Softbank Holdings Beetel Teletech Centum Learning FieldFresh Foods Jersey and Guernsey Indus Towers |
Website | www |
Bharti Enterprises is an Indian business conglomerate headquartered in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1976 by Sunil Bharti Mittal and it operates in 17 countries across Asia and Africa. Bharti Enterprises owns businesses spanning across telecommunications, agri business, financial services and manufacturing.
The company was founded by Sunil Bharti Mittal with his two siblings in 1976. The company started with manufacturing bicycles before diversifying into other sectors. It entered into telecommunications industry in 1995.
Bharti is present in many sectors with the largest revenue contribution coming from telecom industry.
Bharti Airtel Ltd is the third largest mobile operator in the world, in subscriber base, and has a presence in 17 countries. The company is India’s largest integrated telecom company in customer base and offers mobile, fixed line, high speed home broadband, m commerce, DTH and enterprise service.
In India, Bharti Infratel owns over 38,500 towers across 11 circles. It plans to spend ₹1,086 crore to set up 4,813 new towers. Bharti Infratel also has a 42% stake in Indus towers.
Beetel Teletech is India’s leading telecom and allied products company.. It is one of the world's largest manufacturers of land-line telephones. With a strong distribution network across the country, the company is the primary distributor of IT and telecom products from international brands such as Motorola, Blackberry, Thomson, Polycom, Transcend, and Logitech.
FieldFresh Foods is a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and DMPL India Ltd. (a subsidiary of Del Monte Pacific Ltd.). The company offers fresh fruits and vegetables and processed foods and beverages in the domestic and international markets.
Bharti AXA General Insurance is a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and AXA, world leader in financial protection and wealth management. They also offers a range of life insurance and wealth management products.