Jay Mehta (born 18 January 1961) is an Indian businessman and entrepreneur. He is the son of Mahendra Mehta and Sunayana Mehta and grandson of Nanji Kalidas Mehta, who own the Mehta Group which is spread over Africa, India, Canada and United States. He is the cousin of late

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race car driver,

Shekhar Mehta Chandra Shekhar Mehta (20 June 1945 – 12 April 2006) was a Kenyan rally driver. He was born in Uganda and won the Safari Rally a record five times (1973, 1979–82), including four consecutively, and in 1981 finished fifth in the World Ral ...

. He is married to actress Juhi Chawala.

Education

He received his BS from

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and MBA from the

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Business interest

Mehta owns the Mehta Group, a multinational company. Mehta owns two companies in India: * Saurashtra Cement Ltd (Ranavav near Porbandar, Gujarat) * Gujarat Sidhee Cement Ltd (Veraval Gujarat India) Along with actor Shahrukh Khan, he is a co-owner of the

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team

Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her spouse Jay Mehta. The Knight Riders ...

Personal life

Jay Mehta is the husband of former '' Miss India'' and

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actress

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. He was earlier married to Sujata Birla, sister of

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who died in the Flight 605 plane crash in 1990. Mehta has two children with wife Juhi Chawla, a daughter, Jahnavi Mehta (born 2001) and a son, Arjun Mehta (born 2003).

References

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