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Sun Group

Indian media conglomerate (1993)

Sun Group is an Indian media conglomerate, based in Chennai. It was founded by Kalanithi Maran in 1993.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1992Founded1
  • Industrymass media1
  • HeadquartersChennai1
  • Websitewww.sun.in
  • Legal formassociated company1

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SUN network office
Photo: Surya Prakash.S.A., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Sun Group is an Indian media conglomerate, based in Chennai. It was founded by Kalanithi Maran in 1993.2

Corporate structure

Sun Group sits at the top of its group. 5 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Sun Group Chennai
    • Red FM 93.5 Subsidiary
    • Sun TV Network Subsidiary · Chennai, India
    • Dinakaran Subsidiary · India
    • Tamil Murasu Subsidiary · India
    • Sunrisers Eastern Cape Owned · South Africa
    • Sunrisers Hyderabad Owned · India

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Sun Group reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Kalanithi Maran in 1992.1

Leadership

Who has led Sun Group, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • publishing

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1992Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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