C. J. George

Chenayappillil John George is an Indian businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and managing director of Geojit Financial Services.^[1][2]

C. J. George
Born	Pothanikkad, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Spouse	Shiny George
Children	2
Website	www.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.^[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, 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] Kanjilal retired from the firm in 1991 selling his shares to 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]