Siddharth Mallya

Siddharth Mallya was born 7 May 1987 in Los Angeles, California. At the age of 10, he started boarding school at Papplewick School in Ascot and then went to Wellington College, Berkshire where he passed his GCSEs and A Levels. He then attended Queen Mary University of London where he obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management.

After graduating from university, Mallya spent a year working for drinks giant Diageo, as an assistant brand manager on Guinness. In 2005, Mallya was appointed as director on the board of the holding company United Breweries (Holdings). At the beginning of 2010, he moved to India, and became director of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) IPL cricket team owned by his father. While he was at the RCB, the team reached both the IPL and CLT20 finals in the same year.

He launched his own online chat show called No Boundaries at the beginning of 2012. The self-published show was written and hosted by him. On the show he interviewed some notable cricket players, including Chris Gayle, Adam Gilchrist and AB de Villiers. Later that year, he appeared as the lead presenter and judge on the NDTV Good Times show, "The Hunt for The Kingfisher Calendar Girl 2013".

He also serves as an ambassador for the NGO Magic Bus.

AWARDS

• Hello! India Hall of Fame Awards 2010 – Celebutante of the year

• Rotary Vocational Excellence Award 2010

• GQ Men of The Year Awards 2011 – Most stylish man in India

• Power Brands Hall of Fame Awards 2011 – For work on RCB

• HT Café Mumbai's Most Stylish 2011