Nikhil Patel is a UK-based businessman and investor who works predominantly in the financial services and TMT industry. Nikhil has more than 18 years of global experience in the Technology, Media & Entertainment and Telecommunications (TMT) industries across Africa, Europe, Asia and the United States. She is a certified transformational life coach and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner.
Wiki/Biography
Nikhil N. Patel was born in 1979 (age 44 years; in 2023) in London, United Kingdom. He spent his early years with his grandparents in Wales, United Kingdom. He grew up in London. Nikhil attended a school in Crawley, England. He went on to study for a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Business Information Systems and Law (1997-2000) at Middlesex University London, United Kingdom. Associated with the African mobile device brand ‘mi-Fone,’ he studied competitive strategy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (2013) in Germany, innovation and commercialization at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2014) in the United States, operations management at the Kellogg School of Management (2015) in Evanston, Illinois, USA, supply chain management at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), successful consulting: strategies and essential skills at the University of Michigan, and the age of globalization at the University of Texas at Austin.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 9″
Weight (approx): 70 kg
Hair Color: Salt & Pepper
Eye Color: Brown
Body Measurements (approx): Chest: 42 inches, Waist: 30 inches, Biceps: 14 inches
Tattoo
He has many tattoos on his body.
Nikhil Patel while showing off his tattoo
After his second marriage to Dalljiet Kaur, both got matching clapperboard tattoos on their left legs.
Dalljiet Kaur and Nikhil Patel’s tattoos
Family
Parents & Siblings
His parents fled to the United Kingdom from East Africa during the 1972 Ugandan invasion as refugees.
Nikhil Patel with his father
Nikhil has a younger sister named Kavita.
Wife & Children
Nikhil Patel has two daughters, Aariyana Patel and Aanika Patel, with his first wife, Julie.
Nikhil Patel with his daughters, Aariyana Patel (left) and Aanika Patel (right)
On 18 March 2023, he married Dalljiet Kaur, an Indian actress; this is his second marriage.
Dalljiet Kaur and Nikhil Patel wedding photos
Relationships/Affairs
Nikhil Patel dated Dalljiet Kaur, an Indian television actress, for almost a year before getting engaged to her in Nepal on January 3, 2023.
Nikhil Patel and Daljiet Kaur
Dalljiet Kaur spoke about her relationship with Nikhil Patel in an interview and revealed that they met at a friend’s party in Dubai, where they talked about their children from their first marriage and finally felt connected. Dalljiet said,
I met Nick at a friend’s party in Dubai last year. I was only talking about my son, and he was talking about his two daughters, 13-year-old Aariyana and eight-year-old Aanika. He wore blue nail polish on his toes, and when I asked him about it, he replied, ‘I’m a proud father of two daughters.’ Romance was unheard of then; it’s just two single parents having a conversation. Love happens with time. It is our love for our children that connects us. While Anika stays with her mother in the US, Aariyana will stay with us.”
Career
Razor fish
After graduating from Middlesex University London, United Kingdom, Nikhil moved to Frankfurt, Germany, where he joined ‘Razorfish,’ a digital agency, and worked as a Mobile Technology Consultant for almost a year. He worked on projects for multinational companies including ‘Siemens,’ an automation company, ‘Deutsche Bank,’ an investment banking company, and ‘Audi,’ an automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles, and researched how they would benefit by integrating mobile technology in their . current user interface.
Capari Group Inc.
In 2001, Nikhil Patel moved to the United States and joined Capari Group Inc., an Italian company dealing in the beverage industry, in New York. He worked as Director of Strategy and Development and was later promoted to the position of Managing Partner. He was involved in advising and negotiating deals with well-known hospitality groups including IHG, Choice Hotels International, Inc., and Best Western. Nikhil Patel has been working with Capari Group for almost seven years where he travels about 5-10 days within the state every month.
Gensource RX LLC
In 2009, Nikhil joined ‘Gensource RX LLC,’ a pharmaceutical company, and worked as the Director of Business Development. He was responsible for account management, strategic partnerships and large account negotiations with C-level executives and stakeholders. He worked with the company for almost 2 years.
Mi-Fone
In 2011, he moved to Johannesburg, Africa, where he joined ‘mi-Fone,’ the first African mobile device brand, and worked as Chief Operating Officer for three years. In May 2015, he was promoted to the position of Managing Director in the company and was directed by the board of directors to relocate to Nairobi, Kenya to establish a new African headquarters and expand operations and strategic direction in more than 20 countries in the eastern, central and eastern regions. SADC Africa. Nikhil served as the company’s Managing Director for almost a year.
African eyes
In 2012, Nikhil co-founded ‘Oju Africa,’ the world’s first Afro emoticon which received worldwide acclaim from the tech and media world after launching on the Google App store. He joined the company in the Johannesburg Area, South Africa in October 2012 and worked until May 2015.
iROKO Partner
Nikhil then moved to China, where he learned about the mobile phone manufacturing ecosystem and system after which he moved to Mauritius in 2013. In September 2016, he joined ‘iROKO Partners,’ one of the largest African entertainment companies in the world, as Chief Officer Commercial in London, United Kingdom. He worked at the company until August 2019.
stone
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 firm that invests in early-stage technology and technology-enabled startups in Africa.
ARC Ride
Nikhil Patel became a board member at ‘ARC Ride,’ an electric vehicle manufacturer in Nairobi, Kenya, in July 2022.
Facts/Trivia
- He is a hyperpolyglot and can speak many languages including Spanish, German, French, English, Gujarati and Hindi.
- Nikhil loves to travel and often shares his pictures during international trips on social media.
- He likes to drink alcohol occasionally.
Nikhil Patel’s Instagram post where he shares a full glass of Belgian Blonde beer
- Nikhil Patel likes to play football. In 1987, he developed a fan interest in Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham or Spurs, which is a professional football club based in Tottenham, London, England.
- Nikhil actively contributes to the well-being of the community. He is associated with a non-profit organization called ‘ROCK: Reaching Out with Compassion in Kibera,’ where children from Kibera slums in Nairobi are tutored.
Nikhil Patel (left), with members of the Uber company team (right), at the ROCK organization
- He likes to share his experiences with people and has spoken at various prestigious institutions including Yale School of Management, Sciences Po, selected research universities in Paris, and Afrobytes Paris. Nikhil has given speeches at various events such as the Africa Tech Summit and the TMT World Congress, events where leading industry, finance and advisory executives gather in London.
Nikhil Patel while delivering a speech on ‘Rethinking the Post-Purchase Experience’ at the Africa World Retail Summit in 2015
- On his official website, Nikhil mentioned that when he was 16 years old, he got the opportunity to give a speech about growing up in a multicultural family in the United Kingdom in front of a gathering of around 1500 people including members of the British parliament. He wrote,
I had the honor of speaking in front of over 1,500 peers & British MPs about growing up in a multicultural family in the UK as a “BrIndian” or “BrAsian”.”
- Nikhil, on his official website, mentioned some of the major incidents of his life, including going to a prison cell in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country in Central Africa, crossing the land border into Liberia illegally, being stuck in Sierra Leone during the Covid Era, and losing one of his members his family in the 2019 DusitD2 complex attack in Nairobi, Kenya.
- He is a fitness enthusiast and wakes up at 5:02 am to go to the gym. In 2019, Nikhil underwent a major physical transformation, which he revealed through a post on Instagram. He mentioned that on January 1, 2019, he weighed 175 pounds (79kg) at over 35% body fat and was pre-diabetic and had high cholesterol. Nikhil added that he decided to get fit before the shoot, which should take place in August 2019; the filming date was later pushed to October 2019. She chose Adam Hayley, a fitness trainer, and worked hard on her fitness. When the day of the shoot arrived, Nikhil, along with his trainer Adam Hayley, took the 8am train to London on a cold and rainy morning and completed the shoot with a photographer named Craig Williams.
Nikhil Patel’s Instagram post about his fitness journey
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