Owned by HT Media Ltd., Hindustan Times is part of the India's
famous KK Birla group and currently managed by Shobhana Bhartia,
granddaughter of GD Birla. At present the KK Birla group owns 69
per cent stake in HT Media Ltd, currently valued at Rs 834 crore.
Shobana Bhartia joined Hindustan Times in the year 1986. At the
time of joining HT, she was the first woman chief executive of a
national newspaper.