Rakesh Mittal
Telecom · Delhi
Net worth
$9.8B
Today
+$198M+2.06%Past month
+$1.7B+21.43%As of Nov 11, 2026, 1:50 PM EST
Rakesh Mittal is a non-executive director of Bharti Airtel, one of India's largest mobile phone operators. It has more than 600 million customers across South Asia and Africa. Airtel, which has SingTel as its partner, competes with Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio and Kumar Birla's Vodafone Idea. In 2022, Google announced a $1 billion investment in Bharti Airtel,of which $700 million was for a minority stake in the company. In March 2024, Indian-American billionaire investor Rajiv Jain's GQG Partners bought a $713 million stake in Bharti Airtel from SingTel. Their Bharti Global, run by his nephew Shravin, has stakes in France's Eutelsat and U.K. telecoms company BT.
Net worth over time
Principal holdings
4 positions| Company | Industry | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Bharti Airtel Ltd. BSE INDIA: 532454-IN | Telecom | 79.4% | $7.8B |
BT Group LONDON: BT.A-GB | Telecom | 19.3% | $1.9B |
Eutelsat Communications EURONEXT PARIS: ETL-FR | Telecom | 1.2% | $117M |
Sundrop Brands BSE INDIA: 500215-IN | Telecom | 0.1% | $14M |
Also known for
- Bharti was set up in 1976 as a maker of bicycle parts.
- Mittal and his two siblings have pledged $1.1 billion to their charitable foundation, mainly to set up a new university to provide free education for the poor.