Jay Kotak is an Indian banker and entrepreneur who serves as Vice President of Kotak811 at Kotak Mahindra. Jay is the eldest son of Uday Kotak, founder and managing director and chief executive officer (MD & CEO) of Kotak Mahindra Bank. He made headlines in May 2023 after he revealed that former Miss India World Aditi Arya was his fiancée.
Wiki/Biography
Jay Uday Kotak was born on Monday, September 11, 1989, in Mumbai (age 33 years; as of 2022). His zodiac sign is Virgo. In 1993, he enrolled in Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai, completing his studies in 2007. In 2008, he studied at Columbia University in New York, USA, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and economics. In 2011, he served as a summer analyst at Goldman Sachs in New York in 2010. In 2012, he studied accounting and law at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). In 2015, he enrolled at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts, where he received his MBA in 2017.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 9″
Hair color: black
Eye color: dark brown
family
Jay Kotak was born into a business class family in Gujarat and belonged to the Lohana community.
Parents and siblings
His father Uday Kotak is a banker, businessman and founder and Managing Director & CEO (MD & CEO) of Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Jay Kotak and Uday Kotak
His mother, Pallavi Uday Kotak, is an entrepreneur and mountaineer who trekked to Everest Base Camp in 2014. His younger brother Dhawal Kotak is a graduate of Columbia Business School.
Jay Kotak with his mother
Dhawal Kotak and Uday Kotak
wife and children
Jay Uday Kotak got married to Aditi Arya who was crowned Miss India World 2015 on November 7, 2023.
Jay Kotak and Aditi Arya on their wedding day
In May 2023, Jay revealed that Aditi was his fiancée in a tweet congratulating her on completing her MBA at Yale University in the United States. According to multiple sources, Jay got engaged to Aditi Arya in 2022 while the two were visiting Paris, France.
Jai Kotak and Aditi
Profession
In 2011, Jay Uday Kotak joined Infina Finance Private Limited in Mumbai and worked as an analyst until 2012. In 2012, he was hired by McKinsey & Company in Mumbai as a business analyst; he worked there until 2014. After completing his MBA, Jay joined Kotak Mahindra in Mumbai as an Assistant till October 2019. From November 2019 to November 2021, Jay served as Vice President at Kotak Mahindra. In November 2021, Jay Kotak was appointed Vice President (VP) of Kotak811.
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Facts/Trivia
- During the Russo-Ukrainian war, Jay Kotak often expressed support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Jay Kotak tweet snapshot
- Jay Kotak is a frequent critic of the United States of America. In 2022, he tweeted that the United States was “a nation in decline” because of rising gun violence and inflation in the country.
Photo of Jay Kotak’s tweet
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