Sir Phiroze Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy (1915–1980) was the Chairman of the

Bombay Stock Exchange BSE Limited, also known as the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), is an Indian stock exchange. It is located on Dalal Street in Mumbai. Established in 1875 by cotton merchant Premchand Roychand, a Jain businessman, it is the oldest stock exchange i ...

(BSE) from 1966, until his death in 1980. The Bombay Stock Exchange is the largest of its kind in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...

, and one of the busiest in the world. Jeejeebhoy was one of the longest-serving members of the BSE, and significantly impacted the course of its development. The building the Exchange is currently housed in is located at Dalal Street in downtown

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...

, and bears his name - Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers.

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