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India.com
8 hours ago
- Business
- India.com
How much Kavya Maran parents, Kalanithi Maran and Kavery Maran earn? one of India's richest media person's salary and net worth is Rs…
DMK Lok Sabha MP Dayanidhi Maran has accused his brother Kalanidhi Maran of 'financial crimes,' and asked him to restore the entire shareholding position of Sun TV and related companies to their original state or face legal and regulatory action. Dayanidhi Maran alleged in a legal notice: 'You and your accomplices have deliberately abused your fiduciary and professional obligations to commit a series of calculated and coordinated financial crimes.' Kalanithi Maran And Kavery Maran Earnings Kavya Maran is the CEO and co-owner of Sunrises Hyderabad (SRH), an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket team. Her parents are Kalanithi Maran And Kavery Maran. As of June 20, 2025, his real-time net worth is $2.8 billion. He is at 1,357 ranking globally on the Forbes list. Earlier this year, his net worth was reported at $2.7 billion in the 2025 Billionaires Index. In 2024, he was the 83rd richest person in India. Maran launched Sun TV Network in 1993. Today, Sun TV runs 37 television channels which are watched by 140 million households in India. In June 2024, he expanded its presence after launching a Hindi general entertainment channel, Sun Neo. Sun TV also has media presence in other formats like radio, newspapers, and direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting. Kalanithi Maran And Kavery Maran Salary Kalanithi Maran and his wife Kavery Maran are the Executive Director at Sun TV Network. They get high salaries from the company. For at least six consecutive years (FY2018 to FY2023), both have received an annual remuneration of Rs 87.50 crore each. Their pay structure breakup is as follows: Rs 13.87 crore in fixed salary Rs 73.63 crore as bonus or ex-gratiaTogether, the couple earns Rs 175 crore annually. This compensation has not changed since many years, including the pandemic. Kalanithi Maran and his wife Kavery Maran are India's highest-paid executive duo. The legal notice was sent to Kalanidhi Maran and his wife Kaveri Kalanidhi and six others. According to the notice, these six persons are 'close associates' of Kalanidhi and his wife. (With Inputs From PTI)
Time of India
10 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Tale of Sun and sons: All about the Maran brothers and their link to 'Kalaignar' Karunanidhi
The 22-year-old alleged feud between the powerful Maran brothers is in the limelight after DMK Lok Sabha MP Dayanidhi Maran accused his brother Kalanidhi Maran of "financial crimes," and asked him to restore the entire shareholding position of Sun TV and related companies to their original state or face legal and regulatory action. The allegations, however, have been denied by the Sun TV through a stock exchange filing. As per ET's report, the timing of the alleged transaction coincided with the death of the brothers' father, former Union minister Murasoli Maran. Dayanidhi's contention is that Kalanithi used this opportunity to gain 60% control in the company, up from zero. without informing or consulting the other key stakeholder, MK Dayalu, wife of Karunanidhi, who was representing the family. Who are the Maran brothers? Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. DMK Lok Sabha MP Dayanidhi Maran Dayanidhi Maran, born on December 5, 1966, in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam, is a seasoned Indian politician and son of the late Union Minister Murasoli Maran. He pursued a B.A. in Economics from Loyola College, Chennai. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like An engineer reveals: 1 simple trick to get all TV channels Techno Mag Learn More The DMK MP married Priya, who belongs to the family that owns and publishes The Hindu. Maran first entered the political field through Lok Sabha polls of 2004 and has since served multiple terms. His ministerial stints include serving as the Union Cabinet Minister for Communications and Information Technology (2004–2007) and later for Textiles (2009–2011). Re-elected to the 17th Lok Sabha in 2019 and again in 2024 to the 18th Lok Sabha, he is currently a member of several key parliamentary committees including the Committees on Home Affairs, Estimates, and Business Advisory. Live Events However, his tenure was also marred by his alleged role in the 2G scam case. The CBI had alleged that Dayanidhi Maran, during the check period of June 2004 to December 2006, when he was the Union minister for communication and information technology, misused his office and installed a private telephone exchange at his residences in Chennai and used the facility for business transactions involving the Sun Network. It alleged that he had caused a loss of Rs 1.78 crore to the exchequer. More than 700 telecom lines were installed at their residences in Boat Club and Gopalapuram here, the agency charged. The former minister has been acquitted by the court. Kalanidhi Maran After dabbling in his family's modest publishing business, the older Maran brother launched now worth Rs 23,000-crore Sun TV Network in 1993. Over the years, the Sun has turned into a regional television heavyweight with 37 channels reaching more than 140 million households in India. Kalanithi Maran holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Madras, Chennai and MBA from Scranton University, Pennsylvania, USA. Kalanithi started the Tamil Sun TV channel in 1993 and built it into a sprawling media giant, encompassing multiple TV channels in south Indian languages as well as a film production house, taking advantage of connections with the state establishment, industry watchers told ET. He married Kavery Maran, and they have a daughter, Kavya Maran, who is the head of the IPL team, Sunrisers Hyderabad and South Africa's SA20 team, Sunrisers Eastern Cape. How Maran brothers are connected to Karunanidhi The Marans were grandnephew of Karunanidhi, who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades. The reason behind Dayanidhi's entry in the cabinet has also been linked to Karunanidhi. It was seen that loved his nephew and Maran's father, Murasoli Maran, as much as his sons and that prompted the DMK leader to make Maran's younger son Dayanidhi a minister at the Centre in 2004 and 2009. Karunanidhi, who completed 50 years as DMK chief in July, was among the few regional political chieftains who had been key decision-makers in national politics. Having won elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly 13 times, Karunanidhi held the rare record of not having lost a poll since his first electoral victory in 1957. He was chief minister of the state five times.
