Vijay Vittal Mallya is an Indian businessman and a former member of the Upper House of the Parliament of India. The son of businessman Vittal Mallya, he is the ex-chairman of United Spirits, the largest spirits company in India and continues to serve as chairman of United Breweries Group, an Indian conglomerate with interests including beverage alcohol, aviation infrastructure, real estate and fertilizer. He has been the chairman of Sanofi India and the chairman of Bayer CropScience in India for over 20 years, and the chairman of several other companies. He is the subject of an extradition effort by the Indian Government to return him to India from the UK to face charges of financial crimes.