Kalanidhi Maran is the Chairman and Managing Director of Sun Network, the most profitable television network in Asia. He has a net worth of $4 billion, making him the 17th richest person in India. Maran has won several Young Businessman awards and was named the "Television king of southern India" by Forbes magazine. He built Sun Network into a large media conglomerate that includes multiple television channels, a DTH provider, and a film studio.