Kishore Lulla

Kishore Lulla is the chairman of Eros International plc, the first Indian Media & entertainment company listed on New York stock exchange. He is also executive chairman and director of Eros International PLC and executive director at Eros International.[1][2][3]

Kishore Lulla
Born (1961-09-04) September 4, 1961
Mumbai, India
Nationality Indian
Alma materGovernment Law College, Mumbai
Years active1980–present
Organization
Children2
RelativesSunil Lulla (Brother)

Early life

Lulla graduated with a bachelor's degree in arts from Mumbai University. He also attended the School of Business and Law at the Government Law College, Mumbai.[1]

Career

Eros International

Lulla is a member of Eros International since 11 April 2006. He is also the Executive Director of Eros International Media Limited since the year of 28 September 2009, the company listed in BSE as well as NSE stock exchanges. He is the director of Eros International plc since 2005 and Executive Chairman since January 2010.[1][4][5] As Executive Chairman of the Eros Group[2] Kishore, started working for Eros when he was 16. He teamed with his father and went to UK.[6] He has expanded and popularized Bollywood films in U.K. U.S. and the Middle East and entered newer markets like Latin America, South Korea and America under Lulla Bollywood films.[7]

Contributions to bollywood

He is the founder of Bollywood For You (B4U), that is recognized as India's biggest global network of Hindi movies and music.[8] He co-founded Eros International Ltd, in London in 1988. He has been in the launch of the UK's first 24- hour Bollywood digital satellite and pay TV channel on the BSkyB platform.[4]

Other contributions

Kishore is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. He is also a member of the Young Presidents' Organization and also a board member of the University of California, Los Angeles Film School.

In 2010, Kishore Lulla and his family set up the Eros Foundation for the education of children and worked to bring equality for women in workplace.[9]

Awards and recognition

Awards
  • Lulla received the Entertainment Visionary Award by the Asia Society of Southern California for promoting Indian cinema.[9][10][1][11]
  • Asian Business Awards 2007[12]
  • Indian Film Academy Awards 2007
  • Entrepreneur of the Year at the GG2 Leadership & Diversity Awards
  • Global Citizenship Award 2014 by the American Jewish Committee[13]
  • India Splendor Awards 2007

Honours and recognition
  • As per The Sunday Times rich list released in 2011, Kishore Lulla was among the richest Indian with a net worth of 240 million pounds and with a family fortune of 206 million pounds.[14]
  • In 2015, Kishore Lulla was a part of the Sun Valley Conference.[15]
  • Lulla was honoured at the 2018 Economic Times India-UK Strategic Conclave as one of the Game Changers of India.[16]

References
  1. "Kishore Lulla – UCLA School of TFT". Tft.ucla.edu. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  2. indiainfoline.com. "Mr. Kishore Lulla, Group Executive Chairman, Eros International Media Ltd". Indiainfoline.com. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. Bhushan, Nyay (11 July 2014). "Bollywood Distributor Eros to Raise $96.5 Million Via Stock Sale". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. "Stocks". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  5. "Eros International Media IPO – The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  6. "Media mogul: Kishore Lulla". Growthbusiness.co.uk. 24 September 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  7. "Kishore Lulla Brings Light to Bollywood". Forbes.com. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  8. "A passage from India". The Economist. 19 October 2000. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  9. "Kishore Lulla, Executive Chairman, Eros International, honored by Asia Society Southern California – AVSTV – bollywood and Hollywood latest News, Movies, Songs, Videos & Photos". Avstv.com. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  10. "Kishore Lulla wins Asian Biz Award '07". News18.com. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  11. "Three Indian companies in Forbes Asia's 2017 'Best under a Billion' list - Forbes India". Forbes India. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  12. https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-kishore-lulla-wins-asian-business-award-2007-1095639
  13. https://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/global/eros-chief-kishore-lulla-receives-global-citizenship-award/article_aacc5466-66b8-11e4-ab54-33f55765b198.html
  14. "Eros' Kishore Lulla on Bollywood's future- Business News". Businesstoday.in. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  15. Gupte, Masoom (17 July 2015). "Eros International's Kishore Lulla attends the "billionaires' summer camp"". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  16. https://boxofficeindia.co.in/kishore-lulla-felicitated
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