Nikhil Patel is a British businessman and investor working primarily in the financial services and TMT industries. Nikhil has over 18 years of global experience in the technology, media and entertainment and telecommunications (TMT) industries across Africa, Europe, Asia and the United States. He is a certified Transformational Life Coach and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner.
Wiki/Biography
Nikhil N. Patel was born in 1979 in London, England (age 44 in 2023). He spent his childhood years in Wales, England, with his grandparents. He grew up in London. Nikhil attended a school in Crawley, England. He studied BSc (Hons) Business Information Systems and Law at Middlesex University, London, UK (1997-2000). He worked with African mobile device brand “mi-Fone” and studied Competitive Strategy at the University of Munich, Germany (2013), Innovation and Commercialization, and Operations Management at MIT, USA (2014) Evans, IL, USA Kellogg School of Management (2015), Supply Chain Management at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills, University of Michigan, and University of Texas at Austin.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 9″
Weight (approximately): 70kg
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye color: brown
Body Measurements (Approximately): Bust: 42″, Waist: 30″, Biceps: 14″
tattoo
He has multiple tattoos on his body.
Nikhil Patel shows off his tattoos
After his second marriage to Daljit Kaur, both got matching clapperboard tattoos on their left legs.
Tattoos by Dalljiet Kaur and Nikhil Patel
family
Parents and siblings
His parents fled to Britain as refugees from East Africa during the 1972 Ugandan invasion.
Nikhil Patel and his father
Nikhil has a sister named Kavita.
wife and children
Nikhil Patel has two daughters, Aariyana Patel and Aanika Patel, with his first wife Julie ).
Nikhil Patel and his daughters Aariyana Patel (left) and Aanika Patel (right)
On March 18, 2023, he married Indian actress Dalljiet Kaur; this is his second marriage.
Dalljiet Kaur and Nikhil Patel’s wedding photos
Rumors about their breakup began to surface in February 2024 when Dalljiet deleted her photos with Nikhil and his last name from her social media profiles. Later, her team said she had returned to India to undergo surgery with her parents and would not discuss the rumors.
Relationships/Affairs
Nikhil Patel dated Indian television actor Dalljiet Kaur for almost a year before getting engaged to her on January 3, 2023, in Nepal.
Nikhil Patel and Daljit Kaur
Dalljiet Kaur spoke about her relationship with Nikhil Patel in an interview and revealed that they met at a friends party in Dubai where they talked about had children from their first marriage and finally felt a connection. Daljit said,
I met Nick at a friends party in Dubai last year. I was talking only about my son, while he was talking about his two daughters, Aariyana, 13, and Aanika, 8. He wore blue nail polish on his toes, and when I asked him about it, he responded, “I’m the proud father of two girls.” Romance was not yet in the air. Just two single parents chatting. Love happens over time. It is our love for our children that connects us. Anika lives in the US with her mother and Aariyana will live with us. “
Profession
razorfish
After graduating from Middlesex University in London, UK, Nikhil moved to Frankfurt, Germany, where he joined digital agency Razorfish and worked as a mobile technology consultant for almost a year. He has worked on projects for multinational companies such as the automation company “Siemens”, the investment banking company “Deutsche Bank” and the luxury car manufacturer “Audi” and has studied how these companies benefit from integrating mobile technologies into their operations. The current user interface.
Kapari Group of Companies
In 2001, Nikhil Patel moved to the United States to join New York-based Capari Group Inc., an Italian company in the beverage industry. He served as director of strategy and development and was later promoted to managing partner. He has provided consulting services and negotiated transactions for well-known hotel groups such as IHG, Choice Hotels International, Inc. and Best Western. Nikhil Patel has been working for Capari Group for nearly seven years, during which time he traveled domestically for about 5-10 days a month.
Gensource RX LLC
In 2009, Nikhil joined the pharmaceutical company “Gensource RX LLC” as Director of Business Development. He is responsible for managing accounts, strategic partnerships and large account negotiations with C-level executives and stakeholders. He has been working for the company for nearly 2 years.
Mifeng
In 2011, he moved to Johannesburg, Africa, to join Africa’s number one mobile device brand “mi-Fone” and served as chief operating officer for three years. In May 2015, he was promoted to the company’s managing director and was instructed by the board of directors to relocate to Nairobi, Kenya, establish a new African headquarters, and expand business and strategic direction to more than 20 countries in Africa. Eastern, Central and Southern African Development Community region of Africa. Nikhil has been the Managing Director of the company for almost a year.
oju africa
In 2012, Nikhil co-founded “Oju Africa,” the world’s first African emoji, which received acclaim from the global tech and media community upon its launch on the Google App Store. Joined the company in Johannesburg, South Africa in October 2012 and worked there until May 2015.
iroko partners
Nikhil later moved to China, where he learned about the mobile phone ecosystem and manufacturing system, before moving to Mauritius in 2013. In September 2016, he joined “iROKO Partners”, one of the world’s largest African entertainment companies, as Chief Commercial Officer, based in London, UK. He worked at the company until August 2019.
vastu
In September 2019, Nikhil joined “Watu”, a financial institution in Mombasa, Kenya, as Chief Growth Officer.
Sherpa Ventures
In November 2020, Nikhil Patel partnered with ‘Sherpa Ventures’, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology and technology startups in Africa.
arc riding
Nikhil Patel became a board member of “ARC Ride”, an electric vehicle manufacturer in Nairobi, Kenya, in July 2022.
Facts/Trivia
- He is polyglot and can speak several languages including Spanish, German, French, English, Gujarati and Hindi.
- Nikhil loves traveling and often shares photos from his international travels on social media.
- He likes to drink occasionally.
Nikhil Patel shares a glass filled with Belgian Blonde beer in an Instagram post
- Nikhil Patel loves to play football. In 1987, he became obsessed with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (commonly known as Tottenham Hotspur or Spurs), a professional football club based in Tottenham, London, England.
- Nikhil actively contributes to social welfare. He is associated with a non-profit organization called Rock: Reaching out Compassion in Kibera, which provides tutoring to children from the Kibera slum in Nairobi.
Nikhil Patel (left) and an Uber team member (right) at the ROCK organization
- He enjoys sharing his experiences and has lectured at prestigious institutions including Yale School of Management, Sciences Po, a top research university in Paris, and Afrobytes Paris. Nikhil has spoken at various events including the Africa Tech Summit and TMT World Congress, an event where leading industry, finance and consulting executives gather in London.
Nikhil Patel speaks on ‘Rethinking the after-sales experience’ at Retail World Africa Summit 2015
- Nikhil mentioned on his official website that when he was 16 years old, he had the opportunity to speak in front of about 1,500 people, including British MPs, about his experience growing up in a multicultural family in the UK. He wrote,
I had the privilege of speaking in front of over 1,500 colleagues and British MPs about my experience of growing up as an ‘Indian’ or ‘Asian’ in a multicultural family in the UK. ”
- On his official website, Nikhil mentioned some of the major events in his life, including being imprisoned in a prison cell in the Central African country of the Democratic Republic of Congo, illegally crossing the land border into Liberia, and being trapped in Sierra Leone during the war. In the Covid era, he lost a family member in the 2019 attack on the Dusit D2 complex in Nairobi, Kenya.
- He is a fitness enthusiast and gets up at 5:02 in the morning to go to the gym. In 2019, Nikhil underwent a huge body transformation, which he revealed through a post on Instagram. He mentioned that on January 1, 2019, he weighed 175 pounds (79 kilograms), had more than 35% body fat, was prediabetic, and had high cholesterol levels. Nikhil added that he decided to get fit before filming, which was originally scheduled to wrap up in August 2019; the filming date was later pushed to October 2019. He chose fitness trainer Adam Hayley and worked hard to get in shape. When the day of the shoot arrived, Nicholl and his trainer Adam Haley took the 8am train to London on a cold, rainy morning and completed the shoot with a photographer named Craig Williams .
Nikhil Patel posts about his fitness journey on Instagram
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