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

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

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, 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 BSE is currently housed in is located at

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in downtown

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, and was initially called the BSE Towers. After Jeejeebhoy's death, the building was renamed in his memory as Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers.

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