Parth Jindal is an Indian businessman and philanthropist whose companies operate in steel, cement, paint, sports, energy and entrepreneurship support. He belongs to the third generation of Jindal family.
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Wiki/Biography
Parth Jindal was born on Saturday, 19 May 1990 (age 33 years; as in 2023) in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His hometown is Nalwa village in Hisar, Haryana. His zodiac sign is Taurus. He studied at Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai and Sevenoaks School in Kent, England. He completed his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics and Political Science from Brown University in Rhode Island, USA in 2012. He completed his MBA from Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 2016. He worked at Falcon Edge Capital. , now Alpha Wave Capital in New York, US.
Parth Jindal with his father Sajjan Jindal in childhood
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 10″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
He belongs to a Haryanvi family.
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Sajjan Jindal and mother’s name is Sangeeta Jindal. He has 2 sisters, Tarini Jindal Handa and Tanvi Jindal Shete.
Parth Jindal (right) with his father Sajjan Jindal (left) and mother Sangeeta Jindal
Parth Jindal with his sisters Tarini Jindal Handa (left) and Tanvi Jindal Shete (right)
wife and children
He married his childhood friend Anushree Jasani on 9 May 2016. The couple has a daughter named Ayana and a son named Vivaan.
Parth Jindal with his wife Anushree Jindal
other relatives
His grandfather Om Prakash Jindal had started the Jindal Group. He was an MLA and also a minister in the Haryana state government. His grandmother is Savitri Jindal, who was an MLA in the Haryana Legislative Assembly and served as a minister in the Haryana state government. His uncles are Prithviraj Jindal, Ratan Jindal and Naveen Jindal. Naveen is also a former MP from Kurukshetra, Haryana.
livelihood
JSW Cement
Parth Jindal joined JSW Cement Group in 2012 as an Economic Analyst. He worked for 6 months as an economic analyst at JFE Steel Japan. In June 2014, Parth was appointed as the managing director of JSW Cement. In April 2018, JSW Cement purchased 54.44% stake in Shiva Cement Limited. Parth played a key role in JSW Cement increasing its production capacity at its Dolvi plant in Maharashtra and has opened a plant in Jajpur, Odisha. In 2021, JSW Cement invested $150 million in setting up a clinker unit in Fujairah, UAE.
JSW USA
Parth Jindal is the Director of JSW USA. In June 2018, JSW USA announced a $1 billion split between its US operations in Ohio and Texas.
JSW Paints
JSW Group launched JSW Paints on 2 May 2019 and Parth Jindal became its managing director. It is the only company which provides different colors of paints at the same price.
JSW Sports
Parth Jindal is the Managing Director of Jindal Sports. Parth Jindal is the chairman of football team Bengaluru FC, which plays in the Indian Super League. In 2018, Parth became the chairman of Indian Premier League team Delhi Capitals when JSW Sports purchased a 50% stake in the GMR team. JSW Sports also owns the Indian Pro-Kabaddi team Haryana Steelers. Parth Jindal launched Inspire Institute of Sports (IIS) in Vijayanagar, Karnataka on 15 August 2018. In the same year, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) recognized IIS as a Khelo India Recognized Development Center for Boxing and Wrestling.
JSW Venture Fund
Parth Jindal oversees JSW Venture Fund, launched in September 2015. The company has a venture fund of Rs 100 crore and invests in startups working in the space and technology sector.
JSW Energy
On 28 October 2022, Parth Jindal was appointed additional and non-executive, non-independent director of JSW Energy.
Philanthropy – Project Yashoda
Parth Jindal supervised the creation of a mobile application in 2014 that could track the nutrition levels of children under six years of age. Initially it was tested in 3 talukas of Palghar, Maharashtra. Local women surnamed Yashoda were trained on how to use the application, taking photographs of the mother and child and scanning their irises. The application provides real-time information about child nutrition and enables doctors and government officials to take necessary action as and when required. Since this application helped in reducing malnutrition among children, the then CM of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis ordered to implement this technology in the entire state.
Facts/General Knowledge
- When he was 16 years old, his father Sajjan Jindal advised him to start eating non-vegetarian food as business requirements would take him to different parts of the world as he followed a vegetarian diet; He started eating non-vegetarian food and especially liked sea food.
- He loves playing squash, is a district level table tennis player and includes a variety of workouts in his exercise regimen.
- He was included in GQ’s list of 50 Most Influential Young Indians in 2018.
- Under his leadership, JSW Sports won the National Sports Promotion Award given by the Government of India in 2018. It later won the ‘Best Company Promoting Sports’ award at the FICCI India Sports Awards in 2019.
Feeling proud and honored to receive the National Sports Promotion Award @Presidentbhvn – Sir, I promise you that we @jswsports And @IIS_Vijaynagar We have just started our work and will make every possible effort to establish India as a sporting superpower in the Olympic Games. pic.twitter.com/B3e6nKp6xW
– Parth Jindal (@ParthJindal11) 25 September 2018
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Source: vcmp.edu.vn