Jay Kotak is an Indian banker and entrepreneur who works at Kotak Mahindra as vice president of Kotak811. Jay is the eldest son of Uday Kotak who is the founder and Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of Kotak Mahindra Bank. He made headlines after revealing in May 2023 that former Miss India World, Aditi Arya, was his fiancée.
Wiki/Biography
Jay Uday Kotak was born on Monday, 11 September 1989 (age 33 years; in 2022) in Mumbai. His zodiac sign is Virgo. In 1993, he enrolled at The Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai, where he completed his schooling in 2007. In 2008, he enrolled at Columbia University in New York, US, where he obtained a bachelor of arts degree in history and economics in 2011. In 2010, he worked as a summer analyst at Goldman Sachs in New York. 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 earned a master’s degree in business administration in 2017.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 9″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Family
Jay Kotak belongs to a Gujarati business class family, which belongs to the Lohana community.
Parents & Siblings
His father, Uday Kotak, is a banker, businessman, and founder and Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Photo of Jay Kotak with Uday Kotak
His mother, Pallavi Uday Kotak, is an entrepreneur and mountaineer, who climbed to Everest base camp in 2014. His younger brother, Dhawal Kotak, is a graduate of Columbia Business School.
Photo of Jay Kotak with his mother
Photo of Dhawal Kotak with Uday Kotak
Wife & Children
Jay Uday Kotak is not married.
Fiance
Jay Kotak is engaged to Aditi Arya, who was crowned Miss India World in 2015. Jay revealed that Aditi is his fiancée in a congratulatory tweet in May 2023 after she completed her MBA at Yale University in the United States. According to some sources, Jay got engaged to Aditi Arya in 2022 when they both visited Paris, France.
Jay Kotak with his fiancé
Career
In 2011, Jay Uday Kotak joined Mumbai-based Infina Finance Private Limited, where he worked as an analyst until 2012. He was hired by McKinsey & Company in Mumbai in 2012 as a business analyst; he worked there until 2014. After completing his MBA, Jay joined Kotak Mahindra in Mumbai, where he worked as an associate until October 2019. From November 2019 to November 2021, Jay worked at Kotak Mahindra as an associate vice president. In November 2021, Jay Kotak was appointed as the Vice President (VP) of Kotak811.
Favourite
Facts/Trivia
- Jay Kotak often voiced his opinion in favor of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during the Russia-Ukraine war.
Picture of Jay Kotak’s tweet
- Jay Kotak often criticizes the United States. In 2022, he posted a tweet in which he called the US a “rotten country” because of the rise in gun violence and inflation in the country.
Picture of Jay Kotak’s tweet
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