Uday Kotak

Biography

As a young 26-year old entrepreneur in 1985, Uday Kotak started Kotak Capital Management Finance Ltd. (which later became Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd). The vision was to eventually become a banking company. Private Indian banks were not even a speck on the horizon at that time. On 22nd March 2003, Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd. became the first non-banking financial company (NBFC) in India's corporate history to be converted into a bank.

Research Interest

Sole Indian Financier to feature in Money Masters: The Most Powerful People in The Financial World, by Forbes magazine, USA (May 2016) Received the 'AIMA-JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award' for the year 2015 at AIMA's 2nd National Leadership Conclave Received 'Best Transformational Leader Award 2015' by Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability in 2016 Recognised as 'ET Business Leader of the Year' at ET Awards 2015 for Corporate Excellence Recognised as 'Entrepreneur of the Year' at Forbes India Leadership Awards 2015 Recognised as 'Entrepreneur of the Decade' by Bombay Management Association (BMA) in 2015