Chenayappillil John George is an Indian businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and managing director of

Geojit Financial Services Geojit Financial Services Ltd. is an investment services company in India headquartered in Kochi, Kerala. It operates a network of offices across India and the Middle East. Geojit was the first company in India to launch online-trading facilities ...

Personal life

George was born in

Pothanikkad Pothanikkad or Pothanicad is a village in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala. It's also the first village to achieve 96.00% literacy in India. However, In 2011, literacy rate of Mallappally village was 96.92 % compared to 94.00 % ...

, a suburb of Ernakulam in the south Indian state of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. He is married to Shiny George and the couple has two sons, Jones George and Jyotis Abraham George.

Career

While pursuing a part-time

LLB Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...

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 Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

to join B&K Securities' Cochin office. 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) Mr. Kanjilal retired from the firm in 1991 selling his shares to Mr. George, thereby bringing Geojit under his sole proprietorship.

Associations

George is also the Executive committee member of the

National Stock Exchange of India National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) is the leading stock exchange under the ownership of various group of domestic and global financial institutions, public and privately owned entities and individuals. It is located in Mumbai, Mah ...

National Securities Depository Limited National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) is an Indian central securities depository, based in Mumbai. It was established in August 1996 as the first electronic securities depository in India with national coverage. It was established base ...

, Managing committee member of

ASSOCHAM The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India () is a Non-governmental organization, non-governmental trade association and advocacy group based in New Delhi, India. The organisation represents the interests of trade and commerce in ...

, Director of

V-Guard Industries V-Guard Industries Ltd, is an Indian electricals and home appliances manufacturer, headquartered in Kochi and the largest in the state of Kerala with an annual turnover of billion ( million) in financial year 2017–18. The company manufactur ...

, Director of Aster DM Healthcare and former Director of

Federal Bank Federal Bank Limited is an Indian private sector bank headquartered in Aluva, Kochi, Kerala. The bank has 1,336 branches spread across different states in India. It also has representative offices abroad in Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and ...

and

Joyalukkas Joy Alukkas (29 October 1956) is an Indian businessman from Kerala. He is the chairman and managing director of Joyalukkas Jewellery. Early life Joy Alukkas was born in Thrissur, Kerala, on 29 October 1956. His father, Varghese Alukkas, was ...

. He is also a charter member of the Financial Planning Standards Board India.

References

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