Portrait of Nimesh Kampani

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Nimesh Kampani

Net worth $1.0B

investment banking · India

Born
Sep 30, 1946
Age
79
Source
investment banking
Residence
Bombay
Citizenship
India
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Veteran investment banker, Nimesh Kampani, qualified as an accountant and joined his family's stockbroking business in 1972.
  • He broke away to start a separate investment bank with a cousin whom he eventually bought out.
  • Kampani listed his flagship, JM Financial, in 1992 and got investors such as IFC and later partnered with Morgan Stanley.
  • After a decade, they parted ways with Kampani buying out Morgan Stanley's stake.
  • On turning 70 in 2016, Kampani handed over charge to his son Vishal, though he remains non-executive chairman.
  • He has been the confidante of several business tycoons, even those who are arch rivals.
  • In 2009, Kampani spent nearly a year in exile to avoid being arrested when a company from whose board he had resigned in 1999, defaulted on loans.

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