Anshu Jain

( Jan 07 1963 - Aug 12 2022 )

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Anshuman Jain (7 January 1963 – 12 August 2022) was an Indian-born British business executive. From 2017 to 2022, he was the president of the American financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald. He previously served as the Global co-CEO and co-Chairman of Deutsche Bank from June 2012 until July 2015. Jain was also a member of Deutsche Bank's Management Board. He was previously head of its Corporate and Investment Bank, globally responsible for Deutsche Bank's corporate finance, sales and trading, and transaction banking business. Jain remained a consultant to the bank until January 2016. Jain was born on 7 January 1963 in Jaipur, India, and his father was a civil servant. He was raised in the Jain religion and is a vegetarian. He is a cousin of Ajit Jain, who since 2018 has been vice chairman of insurance operations for Berkshire Hathaway. When he was six Jain moved with his father to New Delhi, and attended Delhi Public School, Mathura Road. He studied economics at Shri Ram College of Commerce at the University of Delhi, earning BA degree in 1983. He then moved to the U.S. at the age of 19, and in 1985 he received an MBA in finance from the School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and studied there with Thomas Schneeweis, an expert in alternative investments such as futures, options, and derivatives. In 2003 Jain received Euromoney magazine's Capital Markets Achievement Award. In 2006 he was honoured by the American India Foundation for his philanthropy and leadership. In 2010 he received Risk magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the annual Business Leader Award from NASSCOM. In 2012 he was named Global Indian of the Year by The Economic Times at the Economic Times Awards. In 2014, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from London Business School, and an Honorary Doctorate by TERI University in New Delhi. Jain was married to Geetika, a travel writer and children's book author. The couple lived in London and also had a residence in New York City. The couple had two children. Jain's interests included cricket, golf, wildlife photography, and wildlife conservation. Jain died from duodenal cancer in London on 12 August 2022, at the age of 59.

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Business executive

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Jaipur, Rajasthan, India