C. J. George | |
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Born | Pothanikkad, Ernakulam, Kerala, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Spouse | Shiny George |
Children | 2 |
Website | www |
Chenayappillil John George is an Indian businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and managing director of Geojit Financial Services. [1] [2]
George was born in Pothanikkad, a suburb of Ernakulam in the south Indian state of Kerala. [2] [3] He is married to Shiny George and the couple has two sons. [2] [4]
While pursuing a part-time LLB in Delhi, George began working as an analyst with Batliwala and Karani Securities (B&K Securities). Later George dropped out from his LLM course and moved to Cochin to join B&K Securities' Cochin office. [5] George's founding partner, Ranajit Kanjilal, was then a client of B&K. Together, in 1987, they set up the firm Geojit & Co, by combining the names of both partners ("Geo" from George and "Jit" from Renajit) [6] [7] [8] [1] Kanjilal retired from the firm in 1991 selling his shares to George, thereby bringing Geojit under his sole proprietorship. [9]
George is also the executive committee member of the National Stock Exchange of India, National Securities Depository Limited, Managing committee member of ASSOCHAM, Director of V-Guard Industries, [10] Director of Aster DM Healthcare [11] and former Director of Federal Bank [12] and Joyalukkas. [13] He is also a charter member of the Financial Planning Standards Board India. [14]