Nationality Indian Role Executive Name Uday Kotak Spouse Pallavi Kotak (m. 1985) | Children 2 Parents Suresh Kotak Ethnicity Gujarati Net worth 7.3 billion USD (2015) | |
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Born 15 March 1959 (age 65) ( 1959-03-15 ) Alma mater Sydenham CollegeJamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies Similar People Anand Mahindra, Gautam Adani, Chanda Kochhar Profiles | ||
Chalte chalte with uday kotak
Uday Kotak (born 15 March 1959) is an Indian banker; the executive vice chairman and managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Contents
- Chalte chalte with uday kotak
- Walk the talk with uday kotak
- Early life and education
- Career
- Memberships
- Personal life
- References
In early 1980s, while India was still a closed economy and economic growth was muted, Uday Kotak decided to start out on his own, refusing a lucrative job option from a multinational. Over the next few years, he diversified his business into various areas of financial services, establishing a prominent presence in bills discounting, stockbroking, investment banking, car finance, life insurance and mutual funds. On 22 March 2003, Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd. became the first company in India’s corporate history to receive a banking license from Reserve Bank of India. India Today magazine ranked him #8th in India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017 list.
Forbes estimated his wealth to be $4.1 billion in 2012. In 2006 he ended a 14 year partnership with Goldman Sachs by acquiring its 25% stake in two subsidiaries for $72 million. In June 2014, he was named Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year 2014.
Walk the talk with uday kotak
Early life and education
Kotak was raised in an upper middle class Gujarati Lohana joint-family household with 60 persons sharing a common kitchen under one roof. The family was originally into cotton trading. He called this "Capitalism at work and Socialism at home".
His two pastimes had been cricket and playing the sitar. In a 2014 interview with NDTV he admitted that he was no longer pursuing his playing of the sitar.
His talent in mathematics influenced his choice of career. He obtained his Bachelor's Degree from Sydenham College and completed his post graduation in management studies in 1982 from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. India Today magazine ranked him #7th in India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017 list.
Career
After completing his MBA, Kotak started Kotak Capital Management Finance Ltd. (which later became Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd.) From a seed capital of less than US$80,000 borrowed from family and friends, he converted a bill-discounting start-up into a financial services conglomerate with assets of US$19 billion (as of March 31, 2014), and the fourth largest private bank by market capitalization in India with over 600 branches.
During 2014, Kotak almost doubled his wealth as shares of his Kotak Mahindra Bank hit an all-time high after he sealed a $2.4 billion deal in November 2014 for rival ING Vysya Bank, partly owned by Dutch financial services group ING.
In 2015, Kotak enters the general insurance business and is partnering telecom magnate Sunil Mittal's Bharti Airtel to start a small payments bank.
Kotak has reduced his stake in the Kotak Mahindra Bank to 40% as he is required to bring down his holding to 30% by 2016.
Memberships
Kotak is a member of the Government of India’s High Level Committee on Financing Infrastructure, the Primary Market Advisory Committee of the Securities & Exchange Board of India, Member of the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Securities Markets and ICRIER. He is also Governing Member of the Mahindra United World College of India, and Member of National Council of CII. Kotak is also a member of the strategic board which advises the national law firm, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas.
Personal life
He is married to Pallavi Kotak, has two children and lives in Mumbai. He was the sole Indian Financier to feature in Money Masters: The Most Powerful People in The Financial World, by Forbes magazine, USA (May 2016)