Sunjay Kapur (Karisma Kapoor’s Ex-

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sunjay Kapur

• Sunjay Kapur was an Indian businessman who hails from Delhi.

• Sanjay began playing sports like hockey and football in the early days of his schooling.

  

• When he was at the Doon School, he was the house captain as well as a member of the school swim team, the school water polo team, and the school hockey team.

• While studying at the University of Buckingham, UK, Sunjay Kapur joined the Sigma Nu Fraternity, the Swim Team, as well as the Water Polo Team.

• In 1996, after completing his graduation in the United Kingdom, he established the HR Department at the Sona Koyo.

• On 16 March 1998, Sunjay became the managing director of Aureus Investment Private Limited.

• In 2003, Sunjay Kapur joined his father’s automotive company Sona Somic Lemforder Components Ltd., Gurgaon, as CEO. He served in the post till March 2007.

• Sona Comstar was named after the jewellery business of Sunjay’s grandfather.

• In 2005, he received an email from an Australia-based Indian gangster named Ravi Pujari, demanding a ransom of Rs. 50 crores. The case was initially linked to the Mumbai underworld and his marital discord with Karisma Kapoor.

• He joined Sixt, India – Sona Mobility Services Ltd. in January 2006 as a chairman. He remained in the post till March 2008.

• He served as the global chairman of The Entrepreneurs’ Organization from June 2007 to July 2008. He became the first Indian to hold the post.

• Sunjay had also served as a member of the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry.

• In October 2008, he joined ‘Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd,’ an automotive company in Gurgaon, as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He served in the position till June 2017.

• He also served as chairman of Sona Koyo from August 2015 to May 2017.

• On 27 January 2011, B R S Finance and Investment Company Private Limited appointed him as its director.

• In July 2015, he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Sona Group. A post that he held till August 2019.

• From August 2015 to June 2019, he worked as the Managing Director at Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.

• He also held the post of Chairman at Sona Comstar.

  

• After the birth of his son Kiaan, his wife Karisma Kapoor moved to her mother’s house in Mumbai with her children. She never returned to Sunjay.

• In 2015, Sunjay went to Munich, Germany, to bring the body of his father to India following his death.

• Thereafter, CII-Triveni Water Institute appointed him to its Advisory Board.

• The All India Management Association (AIMA) Council appointed him as its member later.

• They got divorced on 13 June 2016. In the alimony, Sunjay gave Karisma his father’s house in Khar and bonds worth Rs. 14 crores for the children. Karisma retained custody of the kids. ^[10]Newsable Asianet News

• He loved to play polo, and he used to participate in various sports activities while he was in school and college. He took part in many Polo events organised in India and outside.

  

• In 2017, he was appointed to the CII Smart Manufacturing Council as its co-chairman. He served on the council till 2020.

• In the same year, Sunjay decided to sell his 25 per cent shares in Sona Koyo, a joint venture between his company and a Japanese spare parts manufacturing company.

• He got married to Priya Sachdev in the same year in a lavish wedding while following the Sikh customs.

• He took over the directorship of Sona Management Services Limited on 28 September 2017.

• He was the owner of the Five Rivers Hospitality Group, which not only operates in India but also outside.

• In 2018, he captained the polo team of his company, Sona Comstar, in a polo event organised by Taj Mahal Hotels and won it.

  

• In the same year, he led the same polo team against a team from England and won the HH Rajmata Padmini Devi of Jaipur International Cup.

  

• On 5 July 2019, Kapur was appointed as the director of Comstar Automotive Technologies Private Limited.

• He was appointed to the Board of Governors at IPSS The Doon School, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, in December 2020. He also served as the Chairman of The Doon School Sports Committee.

• Sunjay served as the chairman of the CII Haryana State Council from 2020 to 2021.

• He was later made the chief mentor of the Young Business Leaders’ Forum (YBLF) of the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA).

  

• Under his leadership, Sona Comstar established numerous factories in many countries such as India, China, Mexico, Serbia, and the United States of America.

• On 4 August 2020, Sunjay Kapur took over the directorship of Azarias Advance Systems Private Limited.

• He became the director of Raghuvanshi Investment Private Limited on 1 September 2020.

• On 28 September 2020, he became the director of the Indian Public Schools Society.

• He did not work in the head office of his company but preferred working in the factory with other employees and workers.

• Sunjay was featured on the cover page of various business magazines such as Manufacturing Today and Machinist.

  

• Reportedly, once his ex-wife Nandita Mahtani was dating the famous Indian actor Ranbir Kapoor. ^[11]One Shot One Place

• His ex-wives, Karisma Kapoor and Nandita Mahtani, are good friends with each other.

• He had approached the CNBC Awaaz news channel to start a business magnate hunt show, Masterpreneur.

• He became a member of the CII Northern Region Council in 2021.

  

• On 30 September 2021. Sunjay took over the directorship of Jindal Steel & Power Limited.

• On 27 July 2022, he became the director of Udayan Finvest Private Limited.

• From 2021 to 2023, he served on the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India as president.

• In 2023, he was appointed as the chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s Europe Committee. He remained in the past till 2024.

• In December of the same year, Kapur revealed that his company was planning on producing Electric Vehicles (EVs) in India.

• He had also served on the Governing Board and Council of CII VLFM (Visionary Leadership for Manufacturing) Programme.

• Sunjay was not only involved in business but also philanthropic works. As part of his corporate social responsibility projects, he had launched various initiatives to support education, healthcare, and women’s empowerment.

• Kapur was an avid motorsports lover. Due to this, he had amassed a large number of vehicles.

• He was considered to be an expert in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).

• Sunjay Kapur was an environmentalist and had taken numerous steps to conserve biodiversity in India.

• Since he was a travel enthusiast, he had been to numerous countries to explore.

  

• In March 2024, he was appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the CII Northern Region.

• He was an avid dog lover and owned a Shih Tzu.

  

• To maintain his physical fitness, he often exercised at the gym and did callisthenics to improve his flexibility.

  

• Sunjay Kapur used to drink alcohol occasionally.

  

• He passed away on 12 June 2025 after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing polo in England. According to sources, he suffered cardiac arrest after accidentally swallowing a bee.