Jay Shah is an Indian engineer and business executive, best known as the son of Amit Shah, the Home Minister of India. Jay Shah holds the position of secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and also, he is the president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
Wiki/Biography
Jay Shah was born on Friday, September 2, 1988 (age 34 years; in 2022) in Gujarat, India. His zodiac sign is Virgo. His full name is Jay Amit Shah. Jay, a qualified engineer, holds a B.Tech degree from Nirma University, Ahmedabad.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 6″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Family
Parents & Siblings
Jay Shah is the only child of Amit Shah and Sonal Shah.
Jay Shah’s parents
Wife & Children
Jay Shah married Hrishita Patel on February 15, 2015.
From left: Sonal Shah (Jay’s mother), Hrishita Patel (Jay’s wife), Jay Shah, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah at Jay Shah’s wedding
Hrishita is the daughter of a Gujarati businessman, Gunwant Patel, and is said to have been Jay’s childhood friend. Jay and Hrishita are parents to two daughters: Rudri (born in 2017) and another born in May 2020.
Jay Shah with his wife and eldest son, Rudri
Career
Business
After completing his formal education, Jay Shah joined his family’s PVC pipeline business. Later, in 2004, Jay Shah started his own trading business company under the name ‘Temple Enterprises Pvt Ltd.’ Jay Shah and Jitendra Shah, old family friends, are the firm’s two directors. The company closed its operations in October 2016. Jay Shah holds a 60 percent stake in Kusum Finserve, a stock trading and marketing consultancy.
Cricket Administration
Jay was appointed as an executive member of the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) in 2009 and was elevated to the post of GCA joint secretary in 2013. The biggest project he oversaw during his tenure as GCA Joint Secretary was the construction of the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Jay Shah hits the ball in the net of GCA Indoor Academy in Ahmedabad
In 2015, Shah junior made his BCCI administrative debut as a member of the board’s finance and marketing committee. In September 2019, he resigned from the post of GCA joint secretary and was elected BCCI secretary the following month. He is the youngest person ever to hold the position.
Jay Shah (left), Sourav Ganguly, (centre), and BBCI Treasurer Arun Dhumal (right) pose for a photo during a BCCI press conference in Mumbai
He has represented the BCCI in the CEC meeting of the International Cricket Council since December 2019. In January 2021, Jay Shah was appointed as the president of the Asian Cricket Council. He is the youngest person to have earned the position of ACC president.
Controversy
On October 8, 2017, The Wire, an Indian online news portal, published a story titled ‘The Golden Touch of Jay Amit Shah,’ which allegedly reported the huge revenue growth of Jay Shah’s business a year after the BJP’s arrival in power at the centre. In a story published by an investigative journalist, Rohini Singh, serious allegations of corruption were made against Jay Shah, along with supporting data showing the exponential growth and financial malfeasance associated with his company. An investigative article reported that in the financial year 2014-15, a company (Temple Enterprise; closed in 2016) owned by Jay Shah posted a profit of Rs. 18,728 on an income of only Rs. 50,000 before jumping to an impressive turnover of Rs. 80.5 crore in the financial year 2015-16, a jump of 16000 times. Various revelations made in the article caused a political storm, with opposition parties demanding a Supreme Court-monitored inquiry into the matter. In response to the story, Jay Shah filed a Rs. 100 crore criminal defamation suit in the Ahmedabad Court against seven respondents, including the author of the article and the editor of an online news portal. The case was filed under IPC sections 500 (defamation), 109 (abetment), 39 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), and 120 B (criminal conspiracy). The case is still pending in the trial court.
Facts/Trivia
- Jay Shah underwent professional cricket training for a short period under former Gujarat cricket team coach Jayendra Sehgal at Loyola Hall. Jayendra described Jay Shah as a good batsman.
- BCCI Honorary Secretary Jay Shah announced on 27 October 2022 that India’s women cricketers will be paid the same amount as their male counterparts, and both men’s and women’s cricketers will be paid Rs. 15 lakh for Test, Rs. 6 lakh for a one-day international, and Rs. 3 lakh for Twenty20 internationals. He said,
Pay equity is my commitment to our women cricketers and I thank the highest council for their support.”
Categories: Biography
Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
