Vikas Malu is the Indian businessman behind Kuber Group, a prominent tobacco products company in India. |
His involvement in an alleged murder plot involving Satish Kaushik made headlines in March 2023. |
Since 1993, he has been managing and expanding his father's business, Kuber Group, transforming it into a major conglomerate in India. |
As of 2022, Kuber Group oversees more than 45 industries in 50 countries, offering a range of products from everyday goods to luxury items. |
In 2004, he began his career at 'Kaane American International Tobacco Co. Ltd' in Dubai, owned by his father Mul Chand Malu. |
Malu also ventured into film production, serving as the co-producer of the 2021 Bollywood movie 'Kaagaz.' |
He was featured on the cover of the business magazine 'Business Connect' in January 2022. |
In the financial year 2022-23, his stock holdings include shares in companies like Machino Plastics Ltd and PFL Infotech Ltd. |
On 22 August 2023, Malu and two others were injured in a car accident on the Delhi-Mumbai-Baroda Expressway involving his Rolls Royce and a petrol tanker, which resulted in fatalities. |
Malu's lawyer later clarified that he was not the one driving the car at the time of the accident. |