Jay Shah Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Family

Jay Shah is an Indian businessperson and cricket administrator who is known as the son of Amit Shah, India’s 31st Minister of Home Affairs. Also, he has served as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary.

Born Name

Jay Amitbhai Shah

Nick Name

Jay

Sun Sign

Virgo

Born Place

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Nationality

Education

Jay Shah studied at Nirma University (NU), a private university located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and graduated with a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree.

Occupation

Businessperson, Cricket Administrator

Family

• Father – Amit Shah (Politician, Served as the 31st Minister of Home Affairs and as the 1st Minister of Co-operation, Chairperson of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), 10th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2014 to 2020, Former Stockbroker)
• Mother – Sonalben Amitbhai Shah
• Siblings – He is an only child.
• Others – Anil Chandra Shah (Paternal Grandfather) (Businessperson, Owner of a successful PVC Pipe Business), Kusumben Shah (Paternal Grandmother), Aarthi Shah (Paternal Aunt)

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 6 in or 167.5 cm

Weight

65 kg or 143.5 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Jay Shah has dated –

1. Rishita Patel (2015-Present) – He tied the knot with Rishita Patel in February 2015 in a traditional Gujarati ceremony. The duo has been dating since their college days. Their wedding was attended by a number of high-ranking public officials, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rishita and Jay Shah have been blessed with 2 daughters – Rudri (b. 2017) and another daughter born in 2019.

Race / Ethnicity

Asian (Indian)

Jay Shah has Baniya ancestry on his father’s side.

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

• Wears glasses
• Deep-set eyes

Religion

Hinduism

Jay Shah Facts

1. He has served as one of the directors of Temple Enterprise. The company was founded in 2004 and has been involved in the trade of agricultural products. In October 2016, the company shut down its operations.
2. In 2009, Jay Shah started serving as an executive board member of the Central Board of Cricket, Ahmedabad.
3. His father was exiled from Gujarat from the years 2010 to 2012.
4. Jay Shah was appointed as the joint secretary of the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) in September 2013. Along with his father Amit Shah (who was GCA president at the time), he oversaw GCA’s construction of the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad during his tenure. In September 2019, he stepped down from his position as the joint secretary of the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA).
5. In 2015, he was appointed as a member of the finance and marketing committees of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
6. In the year 2017, Jay Shah filed a criminal defamation case and a civil lawsuit of ₹100 crore against the editors of The Wire after they had reported in an October 2017 article titled The Golden Touch of Jay Amit Shah that Shah’s company’s revenue increased 16,000 times one year after Narendra Modi became the Indian Prime Minister. The Gujarat High Court restored a gag order in 2018. The Wire withdrew its appeal against the criminal defamation case in August 2019 and announced that it would stand trial, with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra ordering that the trial be completed “as expeditiously as possible”.
7. He was elected as the secretary of BCCI for a one-and-a-half-year term in October 2019. Subsequently, the BCCI selected Shah in December 2019 as its representative for future CEC meetings of the International Cricket Council.
8. Jay Shah was appointed as president by the Asian Cricket Council in January 2021.
9. He was featured in an episode of History TV18’s documentary titled Modern Marvels in 2021.
10. He has accrued a decent social media fan base with more than 500k followers on Instagram.

Featured Image by Jay Shah / Instagram