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{{Short description|Indian businessman and cricket administrator}}
{{distinguish|Jaydev Shah}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{infobox officeholder
| name = Jay Shah
| birth_name = Jay Amitbhai Shah
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|22 September 1988}}
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = [[Nirma University]] ([[B.Tech.]])
| occupation = {{hlist|Businessman|cricket administrator}}
| spouse = {{Marriage|Rishita Patel|2015}}
| father = [[Amit Shah]]
| office1 = Secretary of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]]
| term_start1 = 24 October 2019
| president1 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] (2019—2022)<br />[[Roger Binny]] (2022—present)
| office = President of the [[Asian Cricket Council]]
| term_start = 30 January 2021
| predecessor = [[Nazmul Hasan]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/cricket/jay-shah-appointed-president-of-asian-cricket-council20210130180356|title = Jay Shah appointed President of Asian Cricket Council}}</ref>
| image =
| preceded = Amitabh Choudhary
}}
'''Jay Amitbhai Shah''' (born 22 September 1988)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=22 September 2020|title=BCCI Secretary Jay Shah Celebrates 32nd Birthday, Wishes Pour in From Cricketers|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/bcci-secretary-jay-shah-celebrating-32nd-birthday-wishes-pour-in-from-cricketers-2898973.html|url-status=live|access-date=28 June 2021|website=News18|language=en}}</ref> is an Indian businessman and cricket administrator. He became the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) Secretary in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Acharya |first1=Shayan |title=Meet the new men at the BCCI |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/bcci-apex-council-sourav-ganguly-president-mahim-verma-jay-shah-arun-singh-dhumal-anshuman-gaekwaad-ipl-governing-council/article29854052.ece |work=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> He is also the president of [[Asian Cricket Council]]. He is the son of [[Amit Shah]], India's [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]].

==Early life==
Jay Shah was born to [[Amit Shah]], an Indian politician of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], and Sonal Shah on 22 September 1988.<ref name=":0" /> He graduated from [[Nirma University]] with a [[B.Tech]].<ref name=thewire>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Rohini |title=The Golden Touch of Jay Amit Shah |url=https://thewire.in/business/amit-shah-narendra-modi-jay-shah-bjp |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=The Wire |date=8 October 2017}}</ref> He underwent cricket training in [[Ahmedabad]] under Jayendra Sehgal.<ref>{{cite news|date=9 April 2015|title=Amit Shah's son takes guard at BCCI|work=Ahmedabad Mirror|url=https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/others/amit-shahs-son-takes-guard-at-bcci/articleshow/46856388.cms|url-status=dead|access-date=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415165555/https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/others/amit-shahs-son-takes-guard-at-bcci/articleshow/46856388.cms|archive-date=15 April 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Shah worked as one of the directors of Temple Enterprise, a company which was founded in 2004 and involved in the trade of agricultural products. The company shut down operations in October 2016. Shah owns a 60 per cent stake in Kusum Finserve which was established in 2015.<ref name=thewire/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chatterjee |first1=Manini |title=His father's son |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/his-father-s-son/cid/1454764 |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=The Telegraph |date=16 October 2017}}</ref>

After serving as an executive board member of the Central Board of Cricket, Ahmedabad, starting 2009, Shah became the joint secretary of the [[Gujarat Cricket Association]] (GCA) in September 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Narhari Amin back in team GCA, but Saheba knocked out |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-narhari-amin-back-in-team-gca-but-saheba-knocked-out-1886602 |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=DNA India |date=9 September 2013}}</ref><ref name=espn>{{cite news |last1=Dikshit |first1=Vishal |title=Meet the BCCI's new office bearers |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27907780/meet-bcci-new-office-bearers |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=23 October 2019}}</ref> During his tenure as joint secretary, he oversaw GCA's construction of the [[Narendra Modi Stadium]], in Ahmedabad, along with his father Amit Shah who was GCA president at the time.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Patwardhan |first1=Deepti |title=Assurance of not cutting corners over credibility |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2019/oct/24/assurance-of-not-cutting-corners-over-credibility-2052178.html |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=24 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World's largest cricket stadium in Motera few months away from completion |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/worlds-largest-cricket-stadium-in-motera-few-months-away-from-completion/articleshow/71125258.cms |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=14 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rao |first1=K. Shriniwas |title=New Motera stadium is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision, says Amit Shah |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/new-motera-stadium-is-prime-minister-narendra-modis-vision-says-amit-shah/articleshow/70918902.cms |access-date=6 December 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=31 August 2019}}</ref>

Shah became a member of the finance and marketing committees of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pandey |first1=Devendra |title=N Srinivasan loses BCCI's control |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/srini-loses-boards-control/ |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=The Indian Express |date=7 April 2015}}</ref> He stepped down from the position of GCA joint secretary in September 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rao |first1=K. Shriniwas |title=Amit Shah, son Jay, step down from Gujarat Cricket Association posts |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/amit-shah-steps-down-as-gujarat-cricket-association-president/articleshow/71347398.cms |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=29 September 2019}}</ref> The following month, he was elected as the secretary of BCCI for a one-and-a-half-year term and the youngest of the five office bearers.<ref name=espn/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Acharya |first1=Shayan |title=Meet the new men at the BCCI |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/bcci-apex-council-sourav-ganguly-president-mahim-verma-jay-shah-arun-singh-dhumal-anshuman-gaekwaad-ipl-governing-council/article29854052.ece |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=Sportstar |date=1 November 2019}}</ref> In December 2019, the BCCI selected Shah as its representative for future CEC meetings of [[International Cricket Council]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Jay Shah to represent BCCI at ICC CEC meeting |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/jay-shah-to-represent-bcci-at-icc-cec-meeting/articleshow/72317958.cms |access-date=4 December 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=1 December 2019}}</ref> In January 2021, [[Asian Cricket Council]] appointed Shah as President.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jay Shah appointed President of Asian Cricket Council|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/cricket/jay-shah-appointed-president-of-asian-cricket-council20210130180356/|access-date=2021-01-30|website=ANI News|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In February 2015, Shah married Rishita Patel, his college girlfriend, in a traditional Gujarati ceremony. The wedding was attended by Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] and other high-ranking public officials.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhan |first1=Rohit |title=Wedding of Amit Shah's son feels Delhi chill |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Wedding-of-Amit-Shahs-son-feels-Delhi-chill/articleshow/46193764.cms |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=11 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Political bigwigs, corporate czars at engagement of Amit Shah's son |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Political-bigwigs-corporate-czars-at-engagement-of-Amit-Shahs-son/articleshow/38345451.cms |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=14 July 2014}}</ref>

== Controversies ==

===Defamation case against ''The Wire''===
{{see also|The Wire (India)#Jay Shah}}
Shah filed a criminal defamation case and a civil lawsuit of {{INR}}100 crore against the editors of ''[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]'' who, in an October 2017 article, reported that Shah's company's revenue increased 16,000 times one year after [[Narendra Modi]] became the Indian Prime Minister.<ref name=withdraw/> In 2018, the [[Gujarat High Court]] restored a [[gag order]], earlier placed by a civil court, on the website, preventing it from publishing any content connecting Shah's businesses to Modi.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jay Shah defamation case: Gujarat High Court restores gag order on The Wire |url=https://scroll.in/latest/869344/jay-shah-defamation-case-gujarat-high-court-restores-gag-order-on-the-wire |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=Scroll.in |date=20 February 2018}}</ref> In August 2019, ''The Wire'' withdrew its appeal against the criminal defamation case and announced that it will stand trial.<ref name=withdraw>{{cite news |title=Jay Shah defamation case: 'The Wire' withdraws its plea from Supreme Court, says will stand trial |url=https://scroll.in/latest/935353/jay-shah-defamation-case-the-wire-withdraws-its-plea-from-supreme-court-says-will-stand-trial |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=Scroll.in |date=27 August 2019}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==

* In 2021, Jay Shah was featured in an episode of [[History TV18]]'s documentary [[Modern Marvels]], the episode was about the [[Narendra Modi Stadium]]'s construction.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Modern Marvel : World's largest cricket stadium... |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DnMqdtV9QTro&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjy1OP1sYKBAxVDON4KHWnlCWIQtwJ6BAgKEAE&usg=AOvVaw1lZ1vkMULw9vtqp0Q_xO9l |url-status= |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=YouTube}}</ref>

==References==
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