Jai Rupani

Jai is the Head of the Dinesh Hinduja Family Office. Mr. Rupani oversees investments across all asset classes: Pubilc and private equity, derivatives, debt, structured products, venture capital and real estate. He is also in charge of the family office's strategic initiatives, including the family office's vision plan, next-gen mentoring, financial education, new venture creation, succession planning, and philanthropy. Mr Rupani is very passionate about the family office ecosystem and about building world-class family offices. He travels extensively across the globe to engage with peers and for speaking engagements at family office conferences.

Jai is also the Founder and Chairman of Aikya Connect, a by-invite only network for single family office CIOs. The network brings top-tier SFO CIO's together over a digital platform to engage, share and learn from each other.

Before joining the Dinesh Hinduja Family Office, Mr. Rupani was part of the investment team at TrueNorth (India Value Fund), a USD 2.2 Billion private equity fund in Mumbai. During his tenure at TrueNorth, Mr Rupani was instrumental in the fund's investments into MeruCabs (India's first taxi cab aggregator), and ACT Technologies (leading ISP). During his professional career, Mr. Rupani has lived and worked across the globe. He has spent several years with The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Capital Markets Group as an investment banker in their San Francisco office. During his term at RBC, Mr. Rupani helped leading technology companies fundraise over $1.4 Billion from the public and private markets and executed several M&A transactions.

He has completed his formal education in Finance and Real Estate at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and the University of Texas at Austin in the United States. He is a firm believer of Karma and has a firm moral compass. In his free time, he advises families who wish to set up family offices, plays golf, and spends time with his family.