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Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Bussiness Interests

Books

Book Cover of one of many Tendulkar's biographies.Sachin Tendulkar has been the subject of various books. The following is the listing of books focused on Tendulkar's career:

Sachin: The Story of the World's Greatest Batsman by Gulu Ezekiel. Publisher: Penguin Global. ISBN 978-0143028543[56]
The A to Z of Sachin Tendulkar by Gulu Ezekiel. Publisher: Penguin Global. ISBN 978-8174765307[57]
Sachin Tendulkar-a definitive biography by Vaibhav Purandare. Publisher: Roli Books. ISBN 8174363602[58]
Sachin Tendulkar - Masterful by Peter Murray, Ashish Shukla. Publisher: Rupa. ISBN 8171678068[59]

Sports Management Contract
Sachin Tendulkar was an early pioneer in India on cricket business dealings when he signed a then record sports management deal with Worldtel. His next 2 contracts are also record breaking for the pay-outs cementing his place as the highest earning Cricketer in the game.

1995: Sports Management Firm - Worldtel. Term & Contract Value - 5 Year / Rs. 30 Crores[60]
2001: Sports Management Firm - Worldtel. Term & Contract Value - 5 Year / Rs. 80 Crores[61]
2006: Sports Management Firm - Saatchi and Saatchi's ICONIX. Term & Contract Value - - 3 Year / Rs 180 Crores[62]

Business Ventures
Restaurants: Sachin Tendulkar owns two restaurants, Tendulkar's[63] (Colaba, Mumbai) & Sachin's[64] (Mulund, Mumbai). Sachin owns these restaurants in partnership with Sanjay Narang of Mars Restaurants.
Fitness Product: Sachin Tendulkar announced a JV with the Fortune Group and Manipal Group to launch healthcare and sports fitness products under the brand name S Drive and Sach.[65]
Comic Strip: A series of comic books by Virgin Comics is due to be published featuring him as a superhero.[66]

Product and Brand Endorsments
Sachin Tendulkar endorses the following products:

Pepsi: 1992 - Present[67]
Canon: 2006 - 2009[68]
Airtel: 2004-2006[69]
Nazara Technologies: 2005 - 2008. License for Mobile Content development based on Sachin.[70]
Reliance Communications sub-licensed brand 'Sachin Tendulkar' to update the user of the latest 2007 Cricket World Cup scores and news in Sachin's voice. Hutch - ICC's prime communication sponsor protested calling Reliance's plan as 'ambush marketing', a charge that Reliance Communication denies.[71]
Britannia: 2001 - 2007[72]
HomeTrade: 2001 - 2002[73]
Sunfeast: 2007 - 2013/14[74]
National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC): 2003 - 2005[75]
Boost: 1990 - Present[76]
Action Shoes: 1995 - 2000[77]
Adidas: 2000-2010[78]
Fiat Palio: 2001 to 2003[79]
Reynolds: 2007 - Present[80]
TVS: 2002 - 2005[81]
ESPN Star Sports: 2002 - Present[82]
G-Hanz: 2005 - 2007[83]
Sanyo BPL: 2007 - Present[84]
AIDS Awareness Campaign: 2005[85]
Colgate[citation needed]
Philips[citation needed]
MRF[citation needed]
Visa[citation needed]

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