Telecom tycoon Sunil Mittal's Bharti Airtel is among India's largest mobile phone operators with more than 474 million customers. Airtel, which has SingTel as its partner, is embroiled in a bruising price war with Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio.
Mittal also owns Airtel Payments Bank, a niche bank, in a joint venture with Kotak Mahindra Bank, controlled by fellow billionaire Uday Kotak. Mittal's Bharti Global, run by son Shravin, has invested in U.K. satellite provider OneWeb. In January 2022, Google announced a $1 billion investment in Bharti Airtel,of which $700 million would be for a minority stake in the company.
