Jignesh Shah

Entrepreneur,
Business Magnate

Most influential Business

Magnate in Financial Markets.

Established FTIL in 1988 with

a view to providing financial
software to capital markets.

At the age of 39, youngest

Indian billionaire
by Forbes magazine.

Honored with prestigious

Ernst and Young
Entrepreneur of the year
2006 for business
transformation

Founder of FTIL
Established in 1988 as a software company
with a valuation of $10,000
A decade later, grown over $2 Billion and is
recognized as the top 10 leaders in financial
technology infrastructure and commodity
exchanges.

Lesser known facts about Jignesh

Shah
Completed Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from
Mumbai University which was followed up with a stint
as an Assistant Manager in BSE (Bombay Stock
Exchange)
Learnt the ropes of operating exchanges at BSE and
had an opportunity of travelling of 12 countries to gain
an expertise on the subject.
Rejected an offer from Merill Lynch New York foreign
exchange, a bold step in itself, and went on to promote
FTIL.
In order to fund FTIL, he had to mortgage his home and
in 2009, he figured in Forbes top 100 richest