Rajesh Jaswanth Rai Mehta was born on 20 June 1964 and is an Indian billionaire businessman, based in Bangalore.
16 Facts About Rajesh Mehta
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Rajesh Mehta is the owner and executive chairman of the jewellery company Rajesh Exports.
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Rajesh Mehta was born on 20 June 1964 in Bengaluru, to Jasvantrai Mehta and Chandrika Ben Mehta.
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Rajesh Mehta's father migrated from Morbi to Bangalore in 1946 and worked at a private firm.
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Rajesh Mehta went to St Joseph's School and studied at National College for two years.
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Rajesh Mehta aspired to be a doctor but chose his father's jewellery business instead.
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Rajesh Mehta approached Bipin, the eldest brother, who worked at a bank, for a loan of Rs 1,200 and started a silver trading business.
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Rajesh Mehta bought jewellery from Chennai and sold it back at Rajkot to their relatives at a profit.
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Rajesh Mehta gradually started selling jewellery to retailers and wholesalers based in Gujarat.
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Rajesh Mehta formed an entity called 'Rajesh Art Jewellers' and started bartering goods.
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The silver jewellery business was successful, and Rajesh Mehta moved into gold jewellery in 1989, setting up a 10-worker manufacturing unit in his garage at Bangalore.
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Rajesh Mehta then opened a standalone retail store, which is called 'Shubh Jewellers'.
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Rajesh Mehta quickly rose into prominence with its first organized gold jewellery manufacturing facility in India.
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Rajesh Mehta Exports was included in the Fortune 500 list as the 423rd company.
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In 2015 Rajesh Mehta Exports acquired Valcambi, the world's largest gold refining facility, based in Switzerland.
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Rajesh Mehta is the son of Chandrika Ben Mehta and is married to Leena Mehta.