| He was born in a small village in Hisar, Haryana in a bania family. |
| In 1965, he dropped out of his 10th grade to join his family business as a commission agent supplying rice. |
| He started a manufacturing business named Essel packaging, focused on plastic tubes for toothpaste. |
| In 1989, he established EsselWorld, a recreational park in north Bombay. |
| In 1992, he co-launched India’s first Hindi cable channel, ZeeTV. |
| ZeeTV reached 959 million people in 169 countries. |
| He launched India's first lottery and Dish TV. |
| In 2005, he co-launched DNA, an Indian broadsheet newspaper. |
| DNA was the first English broadsheet in India with an all-color page format. |
| He supported a failed Twenty20 cricket league's restart. |
| He started the "Dr. Subhash Chandra Show" to motivate youth. |
| He received the Global Indian Entertainment Personality of the Year Award in 2004. |
| His memoir, "Z Factor," was launched by PM Narendra Modi. |
| He received multiple awards for his work in media and entrepreneurship. |
| In 2013, he received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of East London. |
| He started nine businesses in India, with six successful and three failed. |
| He resigned from his company positions in May 2016. |
| He became a Member of Parliament in June 2016. |
| In 2017, he pledged $777 million for the DSC foundation. |
| His businesses span newspapers, cable, gaming, theme parks, education, packaging, and infrastructure. |
| In August 2023, a debt resolution agreement was reached for Essel Group companies. |
| The debt amounted to around Rs 6,500 crore and involved ownership of assets like Dish TV and Zee Learn. |
