Most unknown facts about the liquor baron Vijay Mallya
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01/11Most unknown facts about the liquor baron Vijay Mallya
Vijay Mallya was one of the most flamboyant business tycoons and liquor barons in India. His lavish parties, his trips, and his villas were always the talk of the town. In fact, his larger than life image attracted a lot of attention and he even had a lot of friends and fans within Bollywood. His playboy image always played to his advantage and helped him attract a lot of women. Vijay had led a very interesting life and here are some facts that prove it.
02/11Vijay Mallya is super religious
Whenever there was an important event personal or professional, the business tycoon made sure that he went only at an auspicious time. He also used to go on the Sabarimala pilgrimage every year.
03/11He worked his way up to be successful
Although many people think that Vijay Mallya was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, him belonging to such an affluent family, the fact is that he had to work his way up the ladder to be successful and his father made sure he did that.
04/11Vijay Mallya is a linguist
He can speak several languages including Bengali, Kannada, Hindi, Konkani, Gujarati, English and French fluently. Part of his fluency comes from the fact that he is originally from Karnataka but spent most of his early life in Calcutta.
05/11He is a technology enthusiast
Vijay Mallya is a serious technology enthusiast. He was obsessed with his Blackberry phone and made sure never to leave his house without it.
06/11He was officially married twice
He was first married to an Air India air hostess Sameera Tyabjee in 1986; Siddharth Mallya is their son. After splitting with his first wife, he married Rekha in 1993, a two-time divorcee. Rekha was his neighbour since childhood. They have 2 daughters named Leanna and Tanya.
07/11He had a very ordinary upbringing
Not many people know that despite belonging to a very wealthy family, Vijay a very ordinary upbringing where he would commute to college by trams and buses.
08/11He interned at his father's company
Surprisingly, after his college hours, Vijay Mallya used to work as a low-paid trainee in his father's company for Rs.400 per month. Talk about a humble beginning.
09/11Bollywood actresses and models have featured in his Kingfisher calendar
Quite a few Bollywood hotties including Nargis Fakhri, Katrina Kaif, Ujwala Raut, Poonam Pandey, Bruna Abdullah, Yana Gupta and Lisa Hayden have featured in Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Calendar.
10/11His favourite colour is red
Whether it was his house, office or car, one could always see specs of red either in his apparel or in the ambience. In fact, all his team’s jerseys were either red or at least had traces of red.
