Bio | |
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Real Name | Aroon Purie |
Profession | Journalist |
Famous As | Former Editor-in-chief and chairman of India Today Group and Chairman of FIPP (International Federation of the Periodical Press) |
Physical Stats & More | |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Salt and Pepper |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 1944 |
Age (as in 2018) | 74 Years |
Birth Place | Lahore, Punjab province, British India |
Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | Lahore, Punjab province, British India |
School | The Doon School, Dehradun, Uttarakhand |
College/University | London School of Economics |
Educational Qualification | B.Sc in Economics from London School of Economics in 1965 |
Religion | Hinduism |
Hobby | Reading |
Major Awards/Honours | 1988: Honoured with the B.D. Goenka award for his excellence in Journalism 1990: Awarded "Journalist of the Year" award by the Indian Federation of Small and Medium Newspapers 1993-1994: Won the G.K. Reddy Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism 2002: Hall of Fame Award from the Advertising Club of Kolkata |
Controversy | He was in a controversy when Countermedia found that the first 250 words of Purie's 400-word editorial were found to be alike of the Grady Hendrix article on South Indian actor Rajnikanth. Later, he apologized for this. |
Girls, Affairs and More | |
Marital Status | Married |
Affairs/Girlfriends | Not Known |
Family | |
Wife/Spouse | Rekha Purie |
Children | Son- Ankoor Purie Daughters- Kalli Purie, Vice Chairperson at India Today Group Koel Purie, Actress |
Parents | Father- Vidya Vilas Purie Mother- Name Not Known |
Siblings | Brother- None Sister- Madhu Trehan |
Money Factor | |
Net Worth (approx.) | ₹64 crore |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Aroon Purie
- Does Aroon Purie smoke?: Not Known
- Does Aroon Purie drink alcohol?: Not Known
- In 1970, he began with his journalism career as Production Controller at Thomson Press.
- His father V.V. Purie started the India Today magazine in 1975. He was the publisher and her sister, Madhu Trehan was the editor of the magazine, but after around 2 years, Madhu went abroad and handed over all the responsibilities to him.
- The magazine was launched at the time of Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi (Former Prime Minister of India).
- With India Today, Aroon tried to fill the information gap which existed amongst persons interested in India residing abroad.
- Soon, India Today became the most widely read magazine in India with over 11 million readers in 2006.
- After devoting 18 long successful years to journalism, he was honoured with B.D. Goenka Award in 1988.
- He became one of the most trending personalities in journalism and set the journalist style for the famous Hindi news channel- Aaj Tak and English news channel- Headlines Today.
- For his trailblazing work as a journalist, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2001, which is India’s third highest civilian award presented by theGovernment of India.
- In 2017, Aroon Purie made her daughter Kalli the Vice Chairperson of India Today Group.
- He has been working as chairman of FIPP (Federation of International Periodicals and Publications).
- Here’s a video in which Aroon talks about the success of the India Today Group and the strategies behind it:
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