Chenayappillil John George is an Indian businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and managing director of Geojit Financial Services.[1]
Personal life
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
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] Mr. Kanjilal retired from the firm in 1991 selling his shares to Mr. George, thereby bringing Geojit under his sole proprietorship.[9]
Associations
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] and former Director of Federal Bank[11] and Joyalukkas.[12] He is also a charter member of the Financial Planning Standards Board India.[13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Taking stock. The Hindu(26 April 2013).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 C J George: The Accidental Entrepreneur from Kerala. The New Indian Express(5 March 2017).
- ↑ Bloomberg Data. Bloomberg.
- ↑ Brokerage promoters raise own stake in bear market. Business Standard.
- ↑ Handholding women investors. Business Line.
- ↑ It is where Kochiites learned greed is good. The Hindu.
- ↑ How C J George of Geojit BNP Paribas transformed a small company into a big brokerage firm. The Economic Times(2 November 2012).
- ↑ Deep discount broking is here to stay. Business Line(4 June 2018).
- ↑ Success in the backwaters. The Economic Times.
- ↑ Kochouseph Chittilappilly: Founder of V-Guard Industries does 'unconventional' things. The Economic Times.
- ↑ ICICI Bank gets stay on Federal Bank AGM decisions from CLB. Outlook India(28 September 2004).
- ↑ Joyalukkas IPO – Will it be a Good Investment Opportunity?. Seasonal Magazine(9 August 2010).
- ↑ Bloomberg Data. Bloomberg.Template:Dead link