Growing Up

Sunil Mittal belongs to an Indian ethnic Baniya family. His father was a former MP (Member of Parliament) and had always been a public figure. Though the financial state of the Mittal family was good enough, Sunil did not want to follow his fathers footsteps and started a business at a very early age.Initially he joined the Wyanberg Allen School in Mussoorie but later he attended Scindhia School at Gwalior. In 1976, Sunil graduated with a Bachelors of Arts and Science, from the Punjab University, Chandigarh.From a very early age Sunil started a business with his two brothers and a friend in 1976, though there was not much struggle in his early life, he chose to work hard and establish his own empire.His father passed away in 1992 due to cardiac arrest, but this did not stop this ambitious telecommunication mogul from pursuing his ambitions.