Vijay Kedia Net Worth, Bio, Family & Career

Vijay Kedia Bio And Early Life

Vijay Kedia was born in the city of Ambala, Haryana. He belongs to a Hindu family and is an Indian by nationality. He did his schooling at St John’s High school, Chandigarh. Today we will share everything about Vijay Kedia like net worth, biography and lifestyle.

After that, he graduated with B Com (Hons) degree from Delhi University. Later he joined IIM Lucknow for MBA but left it after a few months to join Eicher Group under the leadership of Vikram Kirloskar, who was an inspiration for him since his childhood days.

Early Career Life And Business Ventures

After leaving IIM Lucknow he joined Eicher Group under the leadership of Vikram Kirloskar as a marketing executive and he learned a lot about management during his training at Eicher’s corporate office in Gurgaon.

He worked with the company for more than two years and later resigned to pursue his career as an entrepreneur. At first, he started as a marketing consultant but later on, he came up with his own business organization under the name of Vijay Kedia Consultancy Services Ltd – a private limited company that was established in 2002.

He also served as a non-executive director of Kanoria group companies including Sintex Limited, Aartech Engineering Pvt Ltd., and Intellect Design Arena Limited.

Career In The Field Of Media & Journalism

In 2008, Vijay Kedia joined Network 18 Group as its CEO where he worked till 2010 after which he left it to pursue his career in the field of media and journalism.

He joined the English business news channel CNBC TV18 as a CEO and also worked there for one year. Later he shifted to another Hindi business news channel Network 18’s “Money Control” where he worked till August 2012.

After leaving Network 18, he came back to print media and joined the Indian Express group as its consulting editor (specialty magazines). Some other projects that Vijay Kedia is associated with include:

The Economic Times – Motilal Oswal Real Estate IPO Tracker

Forbes India – Motilal Oswal Investment Advisory Services Private Limited

Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd., Nifty Valuation Tracker,” etc. He was hired by Intelligent Investor Services Private Limited as its managing director.

Career In The Field Of Stock Market & Investments

In November 2012, he founded a financial investment firm-Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Private Limited, and currently serves as its CEO. The company is headquartered in Mumbai with branch offices in Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, and Hyderabad.

Since the establishment of the company, it has managed to do a business volume of Rs.12000 Cr till September 2017 under his leadership.

He has been a regular columnist on the editorial page of Economic Times since March 2013 along with many other leading Indian newspapers such as Dainik Bhaskar, Financial Express, Economic Times, etc.

Some other ventures linked with him include: • As an active pilot, Kedia is associated with the leading Indian aviation company-Pals Aviation Pvt. Limited.

Rungta group of companies including his alma mater St.Johns High school, Siddhi Vinayak Industries Ltd., etc.

Career In The Field Of Wealth Management and Investment Banking He has been a regular columnist on the editorial page of Economic Times since March 2013 along with many other leading Indian newspapers such as Dainik Bhaskar, Financial Express, Economic Times, etc.

Some other ventures linked with him include: • As an active pilot, Kedia is associated with the leading Indian aviation company-Pals Aviation Pvt. Limited. • Rungta group of companies including his alma mater St.Johns High school, Siddhi Vinayak Industries Ltd., etc.

Career In Politics In 2012, during the election of Rajya Sabha seat for Uttar Pradesh he contested as a BJP candidate but lost. He was appointed as one of its national secretaries in charge of Tamil Nadu by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on 14 February 2016.

Under his leadership, BJP won more than 100+ seats out of a total of 234 seats in TN assembly elections which is a record win since 1984 for any political party in India.

Vijay Kedia Family Background & Personal Life Vijay Kedia hails from an average middle-class family and has been born to Sushil Kedia who used to work in Vijaya Bank and Rohini Kedia. He was born to a Bengali family in 1971 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

He spent his childhood years from the age of two months till 14 years of age at Cuttack, Orissa. In 1984 when he was 13 years old he moved with his family to West Bengal where he completed done schooling at St.Johns High school, Siddhi Vinayak Industries Ltd., etc.

He later went to do B Com(H) from Narula Institute Of Technology after which he got married to Mamta Kedia who is a housewife and a post-graduate degree holder in Sociology. The couple has three children-Aarav Kedia [elder son], Anoushka Kedia [elder daughter], and Abhinav Kedia [youngest son].

Vijay Kedia is also the trustee of the Rungta group of companies which was founded by his father-in-law Shiv Kumar Rungta. He became a pilot in 1991 after he completed a course from Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi which is an Indian institute for pilots located near the city of Hyderabad, Telangana.

Vijay Kedia Personal Life Has Been Surrounded By Controversies After His Marriage In 1994 his wife Mamta Kedia eloped with her paramour who was once their family friend leaving behind him and their children.

In 2010, Mam accused him of assaulting her badly and filed for divorce. She also alleged that her husband was involved in an extra-marital relationship with the famous Indian model & beauty queen, Diandra Soares.. Although, he flatly denied all allegations and termed them as false.

Vijay Kedia has been a regular columnist on the editorial page of Economic Times since March 2013 along with many other leading Indian newspapers such as Dainik Bhaskar, Financial Express, Economic Times, etc.