Jay Mehta (born 18 January 1961) is an Indian businessman and entrepreneur. He is the son of Mahendra Mehta and Sunayana Mehta and grandson of

Nanji Kalidas Mehta Nanji Kalidas Mehta, MBE (17 November 1887 – 25 August 1969) was an industrialist and philanthropist from Gujarat. He founded the Mehta Group of Industries in British East Africa, now having its head office in India. His son Mahendra Mehta, d ...

, who own the Mehta Group which is spread over Africa, India, Canada and United States. He is the cousin of late

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race car driver,

Shekhar Mehta Chandra Shekhar Mehta (20 June 1945 – 12 April 2006) was a Kenyan rally driver. He was born in Uganda and won the Safari Rally a record five times (1973, 1979–82), including four consecutively, and in 1981 finished fifth in the World Rally ...

. He is married to actress

Juhi Chawala Juhi Chawla (born 13 November 1967) is an Indian actress, film producer and entrepreneur. She established herself as one of the leading actresses of Hindi cinema from the late 1980s through the early 2000s. Recognised for her comic timing and v ...

Education

He received his BS from Columbia University and MBA from the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Business interest

Mehta owns the Mehta Group, a multinational company. Mehta owns two companies in India: * Saurashtra Cement Ltd (Ranavav near Porbandar, Gujarat) * Gujarat Sidhee Cement Ltd (Veraval Gujarat India) Along with actor Shahrukh Khan, he is a co-owner of the Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders.

Personal life

Jay Mehta is the husband of former '' Miss India'' and Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla. He was earlier married to Sujata Birla, sister of

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who died in the Flight 605 plane crash in 1990. Mehta has two children with wife Juhi Chawla, a daughter, Jahnavi Mehta (born 2001) and a son, Arjun Mehta (born 2003).

References

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