Binoy R V Meghraj, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Meghraj Group

Binoy R V Meghraj, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Meghraj Group

• Binoy R. V. Meghraj is the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Meghraj Group, an international investment banking advisory and fiduciary services business founded in Kenya in 1922.

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You might assume that family businesses are more fragile than other forms of enterprise. Indeed, that’s the conventional wisdom: Many articles or speeches about family businesses today include a reference to the “three-generation rule,” which says that most don’t survive beyond three generations.

But that perception could not be further from the truth. On average, the data suggest that family businesses last far longer than typical companies do. In fact, today we have Binoy R. V. Meghraj, Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Meghraj Group who is the third generation of the family in the business.

00:41- About Binoy RV Meghraj

• Binoy R. V. Meghraj is the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Meghraj Group, an international investment banking advisory and fiduciary services business founded in Kenya in 1922.
• The Group is now headquartered in the British Isles and operates from offices in 5 countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe directly, and a further 13 countries through its affiliate fiduciary business.
• The fiduciary business looks after more than USD 150 billion of client assets. He is the third generation of the family in the business.
• Binoy is the Chairman and founder of Meghraj Capital, the Group’s investment banking advisory business, which has offices in Kenya, Japan, India, and Dubai.

00:58- About Meghraj Group

• Meghraj Group is a 95-year-old international fiduciary service, investment banking, and infrastructure consulting organization headquartered in the British Isles.
• We have a strong focus on India and East Africa.
• We manage over USD 15 billion of client assets and operate from 12 offices in 10 countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
• Meghraj Group offers services to high-net-worth individuals, family offices, public and private sector companies, financial institutions, investors, banks, fund managers, local and central governments, and multilateral agencies.

08:00- How do you prioritize the areas you want to focus on?

• Geographically we tend to focus on India and Kenya.
• In these countries, you can have a relatively meaningful impact.
• In terms of sector, we focus on healthcare and education because we feel that there is a lot one can do to improve the quality of life.

22:43- Three lessons

• Find some good role models and learn from them.
• The more you put into something the more you are going to get out of it.
•  It takes a long time to build a reputation and one can destroy a reputation very quickly. You should do justice and honor your reputation.

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• Binoy R. V. Meghraj is the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Meghraj Group, an international investment banking advisory and fiduciary services business founded in Kenya in 1922.
• The Group is now headquartered in the British Isles and operates from offices in 5 countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe directly, and a further 13 countries through its affiliate fiduciary business.
• The fiduciary business looks after more than USD 150 billion of client assets. He is the third generation of the family in the business.
• Binoy is the Chairman and founder of Meghraj Capital, the Group’s investment banking advisory business, which has offices in Kenya, Japan, India, and Dubai.