Kolkata Knight Riders are currently leading the scorecard in IPL 2024. The team is co-owned by Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, and her husband Jay Mehta, and the trio is constantly spotted in the stands cheering for their team. Speaking of Jay Mehta, besides co-owning KKR, he is also an accomplished businessman…
Meet Juhi Chawla’s husband Jay Mehta
Juhi Chawla’s husband Jay Mehta is the Chairman of The Mehta Group, an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in Gandhinagar, with subsidiaries in the United States, Canada, Kenya and Uganda. Their global presence spans three continents: Asia, USA, and Africa, while their diversified portfolio includes investments in cement and building materials, packaging, sugar, horticulture and floriculture, engineering, and more.
The Mehta Group’s assets, according to their website, stand in excess of $500 million (approximately Rs 4,171 crore). 15,000 employees strong, their Indian subsidiaries include Saurashtra Cement Ltd, Gujarat Sidhee Cement Ltd, Agrima Consultants International, Mehta Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata Knight Riders Ltd, and more. The Mehta Group was founded by Jay’s grandfather and industrialist Nanji Kalidas Mehta.
As for his educational background, Jay Mehta holds a BS from Columbia University, USA, and an MBA from the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Jay Mehta’s family life
Jay Mehta and Juhi Chawla got married in 1995, in a hush-hush ceremony. The couple, who will be celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary in 2025, have two kids; daughter Jahnavi Mehta, and son Arjun Mehta. The Mehta-Chawla family currently resides in a palatial Malabar Hill home in Mumbai. Before his marriage to Juhi, Jay was married to Sujata Birla, industrialist Yash Birla’s sister, who sadly passed away in the Flight 605 plane crash in 1990.
Back in 2022, to commemorate Jay’s 60th birthday, Juhi Chawla took to Instagram to share kind words for her loving husband: “When I can’t make up my mind about certain things, when I need guidance, I know Jay is my very best friend. I can turn to him for anything and everything. He’s the person who helps me clear my head. When I am unable to see that far, I see him having that wider vision, wider perspective that I need at that moment.”
