Kunal Lalani
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| Born | August 1, 1960 Bikaner, Rajasthan, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | India |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi |
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| Organization | The Crayons Network, Mega Cabs |
| Title | Chairman and Founder |
| Spouse(s) | Vimi Lalani |
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Kunal Lalani is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the Chairman and the Managing Director of the Crayons Network[1] and the founder of GroupMega and Mega Cabs.[2]
Early life
He studied at The University of Delhi and joined his father’s business of automotive components – Indication Instruments Ltd., after. Later, he started The Crayons Network.[3]
Career
He heads GroupMega, a diversified conglomerate headquartered in New Delhi, India. Its segments include advertising, mobility services, hospitality, aviation, banking, auto and marine components, PVC profiles, and luxury automobiles.[4]
He is also the founder and chairman of MegaCabs, a Radio-Taxi service in India, which started in 2002. Kunal is also the President of the Association of Radio Taxis.[5]
He started his hospitality segment with Kuki – a lounge and nightclub in Delhi in 2007. In 2012 he established the first Buddha Bar restaurant in Delhi. In 2015, he took over Fort Tiracol Heritage Hotel, followed by The Delta by Marriot in Goa (Brittona Hotel and the Yacht Club in Goa Pvt. Ltd.).[6]
In the media
References
- ↑ Mukherjee, Abhijeet. "Lalani built fortunes creating political ads - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
Lalani launched an agency with his own capital of one lakh rupees in 1986 and named it Crayons.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Mukherjee, Abhijeet. "Lalani built fortunes creating political ads - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
Around the same time he also started his radio taxi business called Megacabs. It was during mid-nineties that Lalani began to diversify and started Chandigarh, Jaipur and Mumbai branches. "We were never in a hurry to grow because we wanted to grow in depth. We made lateral expansion. We took over Mega Corp, a listed company, and converted it into a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC)," he says. Today he heads the Rs 500 crore diversified GroupMega,
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Mukherjee, Abhijeet. "Lalani built fortunes creating political ads - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Mukherjee, Abhijeet. "Lalani built fortunes creating political ads - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
Today he heads the Rs 500 crore diversified GroupMega, with eight companies in hospitality, plastics, automotive instrumentation and chartered airlines, in addition to advertising.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Balakrishnan, Sahil Makkar Reghu (2014-12-09). "Why taxi operators sometimes don't follow rules". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
"The aggregators argue that since they are technology driven companies, they do not need a licence to run taxis," says Kunal Lalani of Mega Cabs and president of a radio taxi association.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "The Buddha turns one". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
External links
- kunal lalani on linkedin
- Kunal Lalani - Biography - MarketScreener
- Kunal Lalani president: Latest News & Videos, Photos
- Kunal Lalani, Mega Corp Ltd: Profile and Biography - Bloomberg
- Kunal Lalani | A List Campaign India
- KUNAL LALANI | DIN : 00002756 | Director Details
- After Mega Cabs logs Rs 2 cr loss, chairman Kunal Lalani says targetting Rs 100 cr in revenues
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