Porinju Veliyath | |
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| Born | 6 June 1962 [1] |
| Other names | Francis |
| Alma mater | Government Law College, Ernakulam (LLB) |
| Occupation | Fund manager |
| Spouse | Litty Porinju |
| Children | 3 |
Porinju Veliyath (born 6 June 1962) is an Indian investor and fund manager. [3] [4] He manages his own portfolio and the portfolios of investors in his fund management firm Equity Intelligence India Private Limited. He has been called a small-cap czar by The Economic Times . [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Porinju was born in a lower-middle-class family [10] in Chalakudy village, Thrissur near to Kochi city and Athirappilly Falls. [11]
Porinju Veliyath started his career in Mumbai as a floor trader with Kotak Securities in 1990. [12] Later he joined Parag Parikh Securities in 1994 where he worked as research analyst and fund manager until 1999, when he moved back to Kochi. [12] In 2002, he founded Equity Intelligence, a fund management firm focused on Value Investing in Indian Equites.
He is also a director with Arya Vaidya Pharmacy, which with Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has created a range of Ayurvedic personal care products under the ‘Lever Ayush’ brand.
Porinju Veliyath expresses his views and ideas on Value Investing and opines on current affairs actively on Twitter and has over 1,000,000 followers. [13] [14]
He has 3 children, Shilpa, [16] [17] Joshua and Sunny Porinju. [18] [19]
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