Sudhir Gupta is the founder of Amtel Group. Since 1990 the company has been investing into various segments of Russian economy and worldwide, including trading companies for supply of rubber and electronics, juice manufacture, Europe's largest tire manufactures. Mr. Gupta graduated from the Moscow Institute of Peoples' friendship in 1983, studied Finance and Management at the International Institute in Tokyo.
He holds a degree of Agricultural Sciences. In 2000 Mr. Gupta is honoured wth a prestigious state award of the Russian Federation "Order of Friendship". In 2001 he got an award "For achievements of III degreee" from the President of Ukraine. In 2001, Mr. Gupta became a laureate of the International prize Peter the Great for significant contribution to the development of Russian Industry.