| Birth Place: | Pothanikkad, Ernakulam, Kerala, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Spouse: | Shiny George |
| Children: | 2 |
Chenayappillil John George is an Indian businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and managing director of Geojit Financial Services.[1]
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, Jones George and Jyotis Abraham George.[4]
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, 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)[6] [7] [8] [1] Kanjilal retired from the firm in 1991 selling his shares to George, thereby bringing Geojit under his sole proprietorship.[9]
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]