Manoj Gaur (Former CMD Jaypee Infratech) Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Manoj Jaiprakash Gaur
Profession	Entrepreneur
Known For	Being Managing Director of Jaypee Infratech, a real estate company
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 8" (173 cm)
Eye Colour	Light Brown
Hair Colour	Light Brown
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Year, 1964
Age (as of 2025)	61 Years
Birthplace	New Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	New Delhi, India
School	Government Boys High School No. 1, Sarojini Nagar, Delhi
College/University	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Educational Qualification	A Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering (Honors)
Religion	Hinduism
Controversy	Arrested for money laundering case (2025) On 13 November 2025, Manoj Gaur was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate for alleged money-laundering in a case involving approximately Rs. 14,599 crore collected from homebuyers for residential projects that remain unfinished. The ED alleges that the funds, originally raised for construction through Jaypee Infratech and associated entities, were diverted to non-construction purposes and routed through a complex network of trusts and group companies including Jaypee Sewa Sansthan, thereby cheating thousands of homebuyers and leaving their homes un-delivered. ((mint))
Social Media	• Facebook • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Urvashi Gaur
Children	Son- Manu Bhaskar Gaur (entrepreneur)
Parents	Father- Jaiprakash Gaur (businessman)
Siblings	Brother(s)- 2 • Sameer Gaur (entrepreneur) • Sunny Gaur (entrepreneur) Sister- Rita Dixit
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	Rs 1,200 Crore (as of 2025)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Manoj Gaur

• Manoj Gaur was born and raised in a close-knit family in New Delhi, India.

• Manoj is the elder son of his parents.

• After completing an engineering degree, Manoj joined his father’s business, Jaypee Group, which he established in 1979.

• Initially, he joined the Naubasta cement plant in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. where he worked as a project coordinator. In an interview, he mentioned that at that time his salary was Rs 2,750/month.

• Soon, he was moved to the senior management and appointed as the Executive Chairman & CEO of Jaiprakash Associates.

• Gaur has played an important role in the company’s affairs since 1983, when its first cement plant was being built.

• In the 1990s, he was handed the responsibility of a newly established hydro power project.

• In 2006, Manoj was appointed as the executive chairperson of Jaiprakash Associates.

• Some of the major projects under his leadership are the Yamuna Expressway and the Buddh International Circuit (India’s first F1 track).

• Manoj Gaur has a vast experience of 30 years in various sectors of the Jaypee Group, including cement manufacturing and marketing, infrastructure, real estate, fertilisers, hydro power, hospitality, education initiatives, and finance.

• From about 2017 onward, many Jaypee residential projects faced delivery delays and buyer litigation that eventually led to insolvency-resolution processes for Jaypee Infratech.

• After this, Manoj Gaur has not appeared much publicly; however, once he addressed around 1000 angry home buyers at Jaypee Infratech’s Office in Noida and promised to provide solutions for the delayed house project.

• In 2017, after the multiple FIRs registered by the Economic Offences Wings (EOW) of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Police, based on complaints filed by homebuyers of Jaypee Wishtown and Jaypee Greens projects, alleging criminal conspiracy, cheating, and criminal breach of trust against the company and its promoters, the Enforcement Department (ED) initiated an investigation against the Jaypee group and Manoj Gaur.

• During the investigation, ED revealed that out of approximately Rs. 14,599 crore collected by Manoj Guar’s companies, Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) and Jaiprakash Infratech Limited (JIL), from homebuyers for the construction and completion of residential projects were transferred to other entities associated with the group, including Jaypee Sewa Sansthan (JSS), Jaypee Healthcare Ltd. (JHL), and Jaypee Sports International Ltd. (JSIL).

• ED added that Manoj Gaur, being the Managing Trustee of Jaypee Sewa Sansthan (JSS), received a big part of the diverted funds and played a major role in the planning and execution of the fund diversion.

•  It has also been revealed during the investigation that Manoj Gaur is the Managing Trustee of Jaypee Sewa Sansthan (JSS), which received part of the diverted funds.

• On 23 May 2025, ED carried out searches at 15 locations linked to Jaypee Infratech Ltd., Jayprakash Associates Ltd., and their associated entities and seized cash worth over Rs 1.7 crore, along with financial records, digital data, and property documents registered in the names of promoters, their family members, and group companies.

• On 13 November 2025, Manoj Gaur was arrested under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. Further investigation is in progress.

• On 14 November 2025, the Delhi court sent him to 5 days of ED custody.
  

  Manoj Gaur, while coming out of the Delhi Court