Here's everything to know about the owner of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team , who won the Indian Premier League 2025 trophy. RCB Owner 2025: All you need to know about the Royal Challengers Bangalore owner in IPL 2025. Earlier, Indian businessman Vijay Mallya was the original owner of RCB when the team was founded in 2008. Royal Challengers Bengaluru, formerly Royal Challengers Bangalore, also known as RCB , are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 by United Spirits, the team 's home ground is M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. They won their first title in 2025. [4] The team finished as the runners-up on three occasions: in 2009, 2011, and 2016. They have also qualified for the playoffs in ten of the eighteen seasons. As of ...