Uday Kotak is
the Executive Chairman and MD of Kotak Mahindra Bank, the third largest private bank
of India. He is a self-made billionaire and is considered an astute financial
acumen. In less than two decades, he made Kotak Mahindra a name to reckon with
in the Indian banking and money market.
Profile of Uday Kotak
Uday Kotak was
born on 15th March, 1959 in Mumbai. His family has a long history of
business. However, they were initially involved in cotton trading. Uday did
schooling from Hindi Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai. In school, he was known for being a
very good at Mathematics as well as a brilliant cricketer. He was initially
looking forward to become a cricketer, but the family insisted that he should
continue to study. He did graduation from Sydenham College and during
graduation he deserted the idea of being a cricketer after a fatal accident on the field and decided to become a
businessman. He went to the prestigious Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management
Studies for MBA. While he was a student, he had formed a small financial
company and give money to Nelco, a Tata Subsidiary with a lower interest rate
than what was offered by banks.
In 1986, Uday
started Kotak Mahindra Finance Limited. He took 50 % of the share of the
company and invested Rs. 30 lakhs from the money he had made through Tata. The
rest was invested by Anand Mahindra, and hence the company was known as Kotak
Mahindra – the surname of both partners. Since then, he has not looked back. He
got the license in 2003 for banking and converted Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd.
to Kotak Mahindra Bank. He has won many recognition and awards, including ET
Businessman of the year, Banker of the year, E&Y World Entrepreneur and
CNBC Innovator of the Year, among others at various stages of his mercurial
life.
Wife of Uday Kotak
Pallavi Kotak is
the wife of Uday. They met in a party in 1985 and literally fell in love
instantly. They married within 2 months of hooking up. It is also worth mentioning
that Pallavi had supported Uday to start his own venture just after marriage
rather than going for a job with an MNC with fat pay package.
The couple has
two children – one son and one daughter. Their son Jai Kotak is currently doing
MBA from Harvard Business School.
Net Worth of Uday Kotak
As per Forbes,
Uday Kotak is worth 7. 1 billion dollars or we can say that he is having around
Rs. 42, 000 Crores. It is really a pleasant surprise to know that he has made a
fortune within 2 decades after coming from nowhere. Remember, none of his
family members are from financial business world. He started everything from
scratch and borrowed money from friends, apart from investing his own savings.
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