User:Jignesh Pandya

Jignesh Pandya (born November 25, 1976), also known as Jay Pandya an Indian-American business tycoon. He is the Chairman of Global Sports Ventures, LLC, Royal Sports Club, LLC and founder of the Rohan Group of companies.

Biography

At the age of 18 he opened his first company and currently owns over 100 combined commercial real estate and retail businesses with over 1,200 employees. Pandya has been featured in Forbes, ESPN, and Huffington Post, recently famed for purchasing the exclusive rights from the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) for $70 million and professionalizing the game of Cricket in the United States.

Early Life

Pandya was born in Vadorara, Gujarat, India to a middle class family. He spent most of his primary schooling in Mumbai, India and then moved to the United States in 1991. At the age of 15 he began his studies at Bensalem High School and booked his first jobs delivering newspapers and working retail. He attended Bucks County Community College (BCCC) and then eventually dropped out to open his first retail store at the age of 18.

Rohan Group

Rohan Group of companies has business interest in restaurants, commercial real estate, retail, and construction with numerous locations across the east coast. As measured by store count, the Principles are the largest Pizza Hut Franchisee in Pennsylvania and among the 50 largest franchisee in the Yum Brand organization. Rohan Group employee satisfaction indexes are at the top of the restaurant industry.

Global Sports Ventures

Global Sports is a sports development company dedicated to acquiring, building, and strengthening participatory and experience based businesses engaged in sports, training, education, entertainment, and consumer lifestyle. Global Sports focuses on emphasizing a positive consumer experience and instilling the core values of discipline, teamwork, safety, respect and integrity.

Royal Sports Club

Royal Sports Club is the legal entity that owns and operates the [|St. Lucia Zouks] team in the Caribbean Premier League T20. The team is based in St. Lucia where they play their home games at Darren Sammy International stadium.

Philanthropy

Pandya believes in sharing his good fortune philanthropically through constant donations including World Hunger organization, BookIt and other local charitable organizations.