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IndiGo co-founder to sell part of stake in deal worth $800 mn: Report

The airline did not immediately respond to a request for comment. IndiGo was founded in 2006 by Gangwal and Rahul Bhatia

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IndiGo was founded in 2006 by Gangwal and Rahul Bhatia. | Photo: Bloomberg

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Indian airline IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal will sell up to a 3.4 per cent stake in the low-cost carrier through a block deal worth 68.31 billion rupees (nearly $803 million), news channel CNBC-TV18 reported on Monday, citing sources.

Gangwal plans to sell the shares at a floor price of 5,175 rupees each - marking a 4.5 per cent discount from the stock's Monday close of 5,420 rupees.

The airline did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

IndiGo was founded in 2006 by Gangwal and Rahul Bhatia.

Gangwal, who currently chairs the board of directors of US budget carrier Southwest, quit IndiGo's board in 2022, following a dispute with Bhatia over a change to certain rules in the company's articles of association.

 

From a 36.6 per cent stake in 2022, Gangwal and his family have been reducing their ownership of Indigo to a current stake of 13.5 per cent.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: May 26 2025 | 7:45 PM IST

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