Who is the person behind Virat Kohli’s net worth of 1000 crores, also a relative of Rohit Sharma

Former India skipper Virat Kohli on Friday equaled Sir Donald Bradman’s record of 29 Test hundreds after scoring a brilliant 121 against the West Indies on the second day of the second Test at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Kohli is one of the richest cricketers in the world with a net worth of over Rs 1,000 crore.

Behind Kohli’s tremendous success off the field is Bunty Sajdeh, CEO and Founder of Cornerstone Talent Management Company. The man who is fondly known as the ‘super agent’ in the world of cricket signed Kohli when he was not a relative and was yet to make his mark in international cricket.

Bunty Sajdeh founded Cornerstone in 2008 and one of the first cricketers to sign up with her agency was Kohli, who recently led India to the Under-19 World Cup title in Kuala Lumpur. Within the next eight years, Bunty Sajdeh’s cornerstone signed Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Murali Vijay and Umesh Yadav.

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“We discover players when they are young. It is easy to look at Virat today and say he is a rock star, but I saw him during the 2008 U-19 World Cup and signed him before he became a regular for India,” Bunty Sajdeh told Mint newspaper in an interview.

Who is Bunty Sajdeh?

Bunty is an alumnus of Campion School in Mumbai and then joined Bond University, Robina in Queensland, Australia and HR College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai. The 25-year-old worked with the talent management division at Percept – an entertainment, media and communications company – before joining GloboSport as head of entertainment. His love for sports inspired him to set up Cornerstone in 2008.

Apart from Kohli, Cornerstone currently also represents top Indian shuttler PV Sindhu, recently retired tennis legend Sania Mirza, India and Delhi Capitals chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav and India ‘A’ captain Yash Dhull.

Virat Kohli’s net worth is reportedly Rs 1,040 crore. The brands he endorses include Vivo, Myntra, Noise, Fire Bolt, Too Yumm, Uber, Tissot, MRF Tyres. Kohli charges Rs 8.9 crore per paid Instagram post while he charges Rs 2.5 crore for a paid tweet. All these numbers are obtained from Stockgro.

Bunty Sajdeh has also joined hands with famous Bollywood director and producer Karan Johar and opened Dharma Cornerstone Agency a few years ago. Johar and Sajdeh set up Dharma Cornerstone Agency (DCA) in December 2020, and have already signed on actors Ananya Panday and southern star Vijay Deverakonda, among others. Bunty Sajdeh’s net worth is reportedly around Rs 50 crore.

Bunty Sajdeh is the brother-in-law of Rohit Sharma.

Current Team India captain Rohit Sharma was also one of Cornerstone’s clients and one of the cricketers managed by Bunty Sajdeh. Actually, Rohit’s wife Ritika Sajdeh is Bunty Sajdeh’s cousin.

Ritika Sajdeh herself was the sports manager at Cornerstone and managed Kohli before Rohit Sharma. After completing her graduation, she joined Cornerstone Sports and Entertainment, a company owned by her cousin Bunty Sachdeva, as a sports manager.

How is Bunty Sajdeh related to Salman Khan?

Cornerstone CEO Bunty Sajdeh is also the former brother-in-law of Salman Khan’s younger brother Sohail Khan. Bunty Sajdeh’s sister Seema was married to Sohail Khan till 2022, when they ended their marriage after 24 years.

The result was that Bunty had a relationship with Bollywood superstar Salman Khan for many years. Bunty Sajdeh was married to model Ambika Chauhan for three years before separating in 2012. He also reportedly dated late Sushant Singh Rajput’s ex-girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty and Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha.