Sanjiv Bajaj
Chairman
Sanjiv Bajaj is the Chairman of Bajaj Finance Ltd. and Chairman and Managing Director of Bajaj Finserv Limited, the holding company of the financial services businesses of the Bajaj Group, one of India’s oldest and largest conglomerates, with consolidated revenue of over ₹ 1,33,822 crore (USD 15.66 billion) and consolidated profit after tax of over ₹ 8,872 crore (USD 1.04 billion) for FY2024-25. The combined market cap of the three listed companies - Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance and Bajaj Housing Finance is ₹ 9,79,028 crore (USD 114.54 billion).
Under Sanjiv’s leadership, Bajaj Finserv Limited has emerged as one of India’s leading and most diversified financial services companies with solutions across lending, life insurance, general insurance and investments. With a consumer-first, digital approach and a culture focused on innovation, it has reshaped digital consumer financing in India.
Sanjiv is on the board of his group operating companies as the Chairman of Bajaj Finance Limited, Maharashtra Scooters Limited, Bajaj Finserv Asset Management, Bajaj Housing Finance Limited and the two insurance subsidiaries, i.e., Bajaj Life Insurance Limited and Bajaj General Insurance Limited. He is also the Managing Director of Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited (since 2012) and serves as a non-executive director at Bajaj Auto Limited.
Sanjiv was the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), FY 2022-23. He was a member of the Steering Committee appointed by the Government of India for B20 as part of India’s G20 Presidency FY 2022-23.
He is a member of the International Advisory Council of Brookings Institute, USA, and a member of J.P. Morgan - Asia Pacific Council. He is also a member of the Board of the Indian School of Business (ISB) and the Regional Stewardship Board for India and South Asia 2019-2020 of the World Economic Forum.
Over the years, he has received several prestigious honours for his contribution to the financial services space, including:
- 'Lifetime Achievement Award’ by the Financial Express Best Banks Awards 2026
- AIMA-JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award for the Year 2023
- The Lakshmipat Singhania IIM Lucknow National Leadership Award, 2023, received from the Hon’ble President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu
- Economic Times Business Leader of the year 2018
- Financial Express Best Banker of the year 2017
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year in 2017
- Business World’s Most Valuable CEOs in India for 2015 and 2016
Sanjiv has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune, a Master’s degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from the University of Warwick, UK, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School, USA. He lives in Pune, Maharashtra, with his wife, Shefali and their two children.
His directorships and other full-time positions in bodies corporates are as follows:
- Bajaj Finserv Limited
- Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited
- Maharashtra Scooters Limited
- Bajaj Housing Finance Limited
- Bajaj Auto Limited
- Bajaj General Insurance Limited (Formerly Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited)
- Bajaj Life Insurance Limited (Formerly Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited)
- Bajaj Finserv Asset Management Limited
- Bajaj Auto Holdings Limited
- Bachhraj & Company Private Limited
- Bachhraj Factories Private Limited
- Bajaj Sevashram Private Limited
- Kamalnayan Investment & Trading Pvt. Limited
- Rupa Equities Private Limited
- Sanraj Nayan Investments Private Limited
- Jamnalal Sons Private Limited
- Rahul Securities Pvt. Limited
- Mahakalpa Arogya Pratisthan
- Indian School of Business
- Bhoopati Shikshan Pratisthan