Lalit Kumar Modi, 52 , is an Indian businessman credited with the creation and success of the Indian Premier League (IPL) of cricket.
As Chairman and Commissioner of the IPL from 2008 to 2010, the flamboyant entrepreneur took the 20 over per side form of cricket by the scruff of the neck. Through heavy marketing, celebrity involvement and player auctions, Lalit Modi transformed the sport and built the IPL into a $4 billion a year business with games viewed by up to 200 million people.
Lalit Modi was born in the Indian capital city of Delhi and after domestic education he studied electrical engineering at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina USA and business administration at Pace U...