C. J. George

Chenayappillil John George is an Indian businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and managing director of Geojit Financial Services.[1]

C. J. George
Born
Pothanikkad, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
SpouseShiny George
Children2
Websitewww.geojit.com
In this Indian name, the name Chenayappillil John is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, George.

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] 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
  1. "Taking stock". The Hindu. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  2. Pramod Thomas (5 March 2017). "C J George: The Accidental Entrepreneur from Kerala". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. "Bloomberg Data". Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  4. "Brokerage promoters raise own stake in bear market". Business Standard. No. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  5. "Handholding women investors". Business Line. No. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. "It is where Kochiites learned greed is good". The Hindu. No. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  7. "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.
  8. "Deep discount broking is here to stay". Business Line. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  9. "Success in the backwaters". The Economic Times. No. 19 November 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  10. "Kochouseph Chittilappilly: Founder of V-Guard Industries does 'unconventional' things". The Economic Times. No. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  11. "Intimation of the proceedings of 12 th Annual General Meeting" (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  12. "ICICI Bank gets stay on Federal Bank AGM decisions from CLB". Outlook India. 28 September 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  13. "Joyalukkas IPO – Will it be a Good Investment Opportunity?". Seasonal Magazine. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  14. "C J George". Bloomberg News.
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