Samir Jain

Samir Jain (born 11 March 1954) is an Indian publisher and the current Vice-Chairman of media group Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. Jain belongs to the Sahu Jain family which owns Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., the parent company of The Times of India and other large newspapers.[1]

Samir Jain
Born (1954-03-11) 11 March 1954
New Delhi, India
OccupationVice-chairman of
The Times Group
Parent(s)Indu Jain
Ashok Kumar Jain
RelativesSahu Ramesh Chandra Jain
Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain

Background

Samir Jain was born on the 11th March 1954 to Ashok Kumar and Indu Jain. He belongs to the important industrial family of Sahu Jain which owns the Times group. He earned his Bachelors in Arts from the prestigious St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.

Career

In 1975 Samir joined the family-owned Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. as a junior executive.[2] By 1982, Samir was vice-chairman and running the company as his father Ashok Jain, pursued by charges of fraud and suffering from a weak heart, departed to the United States for medical treatment.[2] During Samir's time, Times of India has become the largest circulating English newspaper in the world.[3][4][5][6]

References
  1. Singh, Pragya (3 April 2017). "Samir Jain and the Times group". Outlook. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. Auletta. Page 55.
  3. "TOI Online is world's No.1 newspaper websites". The Times of India. 12 July 2009. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
  4. "The Hindu News Update Service". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. List of newspapers in the World by circulation
  6. Top 10 English Dailies: Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 — Quarter 1 | Newswatch

Further reading
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.