Chenayappillil John George is an Indian businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and managing director of Geojit Financial Services.[1]
C. J. George | |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Spouse | Shiny George |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Personal life edit
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, Jones George and Jyotis Abraham George.[2][4]
Career edit
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, Mr. 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]
Associations edit
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]
References edit
- ^ a b "Taking stock". The Hindu. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b Pramod Thomas (5 March 2017). "C J George: The Accidental Entrepreneur from Kerala". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Bloomberg Data". Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Brokerage promoters raise own stake in bear market". Business Standard. No. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Handholding women investors". Business Line. No. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "It is where Kochiites learned greed is good". The Hindu. No. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "How C J George of Geojit BNP Paribas transformed a small company into a big brokerage firm". The Economic Times. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Deep discount broking is here to stay". Business Line. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Success in the backwaters". The Economic Times. No. 19 November 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Kochouseph Chittilappilly: Founder of V-Guard Industries does 'unconventional' things". The Economic Times. No. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Intimation of the proceedings of 12 th Annual General Meeting" (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "ICICI Bank gets stay on Federal Bank AGM decisions from CLB". Outlook India. 28 September 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Joyalukkas IPO – Will it be a Good Investment Opportunity?". Seasonal Magazine. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "C J George". Bloomberg News.