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Biography
Dr. Vijay Kishanlal Kediais an Indian investor trader based out of Mumbai. He is involved in the market since he was 19. Kedia and his company - Kedia Securities Pvt. Ltd., are the largest shareholder (after the promoter) in several listed companies. Kedia was a keynote speaker at IIM Ahmedabad & IIM Bangalore He has also delivered a speech at the Bombay Stock Exchange. He has been described by the Economic Times as a "market master". In 2016 Vijay Kedia was conferred with a Doctorate degree for Excellence in The Field of Management.
Career
Kedia was born into a Marwari family, a family of stockbrokers. He realised his passion for stock market when he was 14. And he joined stock market when he turned 19. He joined stock market not only because of his passion but because of compulsion when his father passed away. To run the family he got into the family business of trading and stock broking. Kedia never liked broking thus left his family’s stock-broking business after three years and started doing his own trading without any success. After few years he left Kolkata and came to Mumbai to try his luck. . In 2004 and 2005 he identified and invested in three such shares (Atul auto, Aegis logistics, Cera sanitaryware) which appreciated more than 100 times in next 10 to 12 years. In early 2012, he correctly predicted that India was at the beginning of a structural bull run. In 2016 Kedia was featured at #13 in Business World list of Successful Investors In IndiaIn 2017 "MoneyLife Advisory" launched an "Ask Vijay Kedia micrositeKedia strictly adheres to SMILE as a principle in investing; which translates into Small in size, Medium in experience, Large in aspiration and Extra-large in market potential. In 2017 Vijay Kedia's portfolio stocks rose upto 170%.
Notable Investments
- Atul auto
- Apcotex Industries
- " Apar industries"
- " Heritage food'
- Cera Sanitary
- Sudarshan Chemical Industries
- Repro India
- Stewarts and Lloyds of India
- TCPL Packaging
- Aries Agro
- Panasonic Energy India
- Lykis
- Cheviot Company
- Astec Lifescience
- ABC Bearings
- Karnataka Bank
- Vaibhav Global
- TAC Security