Sunil Kanoria

Sunil Kanoria is a Kolkata-based Indian businessman with over 28 years of experience in infrastructure sector including infrastructure leasing & finance.[1] He is the co-founder and Vice Chairman of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited.[2][3] Sunil is also a trustee of Kanoria Foundation, which has as asset base of USD 10 billion.[4]

Sunil Kanoria
Born (1965-05-04) 4 May 1965
NationalityIndia
OccupationVice Chairman of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited
Spouse(s)Sunita Kanoria
Websitewww.srei.com

Personal life

Sunil was born in Kolkata in an Indian Hindu Marwari family on 4 May 1965. He is the son of Hari Prasad Kanoria and Champa Devi Kanoria.[5] He is the third among five children. He has two older brothers, Hemant Kanoria and Sanjeev Kanoria, one younger brother Sujit Kanoria, and a sister Manisha Kanoria Lohia. Sunil is married to Sunita Kanoria and has two children, Anant Raj Kanoria and Avani Shree Kanoria.

Sunil is based out of Kolkata, while his brothers are based out of Delhi. His son Anant is based in Dubai, UAE

Career

Sunil co-founded Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd. which started its operations in 1989[6] along with his brother Hemant Kanoria.[7] Since then, it has gone on to emerge as India's number one infrastructure equipment finance company with over 30% market share over the years, as per MyDigitalFC.[7] He was also cited in an Economic Times report as being instrumental in bringing over USD 5 billion of consolidated assets under the company's management.[8]

His other ventures include Quippo, which was launched in 2002 as an equipment rental business.[9] He also formed a joint venture with Tata Teleservices in 2009 to form Viom Networks, a telecom tower company.[10] In 2016, Srei’s stake in Viom Networks was acquired by American Tower Corporation.[7]

Sunil’s career highlights include membership to the group involved in the development of the 10th Five Year Plan (2002–07) of the Planning Commission, Government of India.[8]

Membership

Sunil has held several important positions during his career.

Currently, he is serving as the Honorary Consul of Spain in Kolkata.[11] His other present-day professional commitments include:

  • Nominated membership to the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India[12]
  • Independent Non-Executive Director at Upper Ganges Sugar & Industries Ltd since August 2014[3]
  • External Independent Director at Grupo Empresarial San Jose, S.A., since 17 December 2015[13]

In the past, he has been connected with the following associations:

  • The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) [14]
  • Hire Purchase & Lease Association, Kolkata (HPLA) [15]
  • Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce, Kolkata (MCC) [15]
  • Federation of Indian Hire Purchase Association (FIHPA) [15]

References
  1. "Sunil Kanoria: Executive Profile & Biography – Businessweek". Businessweek.com.
  2. How I Made It, The Daily Telegraph; 1 February 2005.
  3. "Sunil Kanoria: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  4. "The Smart Investor". smartinvestor.business-standard.com. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Market Experts Advice, Recommendations, Information & News by Sunil Kanoria at Moneycontrol.com". www.moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  7. "First-mover advantage". www.mydigitalfc.com. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  8. "Sunil Kanoria takes over as Assocham president - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  9. "Srei Infra goes Amazon way, takes iQuippo global | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  10. "ATC concludes Viom purchase for Rs 7,635 crore". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  11. "Consular Corps of Kolkata - Membership List". www.consulkolkata.org. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  12. "ICAI - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India". ICAI. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  13. "Grupo SANJOSE | Corporate Body". www.grupo-sanjose.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  14. "Assocham India :: Persons at the helm". www.assocham.org. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  15. ANI (25 November 2015). "Sunil Kanoria is new ASSOCHAM President". Business Standard India. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
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