 Maran and his wife, Kavery were ranked the highest paid Business executives in the list of Indian executive pay charts with a package of each.He has won Young Businessman awards from CNBC and Ernst & Young, and "Forbes" magazine named him the "Television king of southern India".Kalanithi Maran is the son of the former Union Minister of India Murasoli Maran and grand nephew of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi.