Shailesh Jejurikar Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography
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Full Name | Shailesh G. Jejurikar |
Profession | Business Executive |
Physical Stats | |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Black |
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Date of Birth | Year, 1967 |
Age (as of 2025) | 58 Years |
Birthplace | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
School | Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, Hyderabad |
College/University | • Elphinstone College, Mumbai • Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow |
Educational Qualification(s) | • B.A. (Economics) from Elphinstone College, Mumbai (1987) • MBA, PGP from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow (1989) |
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Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Married |
Family | |
Wife/Spouse | Sankhya Jejurikar (visual artist) |
Children | Sons- 2 • Shashank • Siddharth |
Parents | Father- (a corporate employee; deceased) Mother- Veena Jejurikar (homemaker) ![]() |
Siblings | Brother- Rajesh Jejurikar (Executive Director, CEO (Auto & Farm Sector) in Mahindra and Mahindra Limited) |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Shailesh Jejurikar
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Shailesh Jejurikar was born in Mumbai to a Maharashtrian father and a Gujarati mother.
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He went to Hyderabad Public School from Class 8 and became the head boy there. He became friends with Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft.
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During his school days, Shailesh Jejurikar was a good cricket player and played for the Hyderabad cricket team in under-17 matches.
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He joined Procter & Gamble (P&G) in 1989 as an Assistant and Brand Manager for Personal Health Care in India. He served in the position till 1996.
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After that, Shailesh Jejurikar worked in different countries, including North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the areas of Health Care, Fabric Care, and Beauty Care.
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He has had executive jobs in Brand Building, starting new businesses, and working on sustainability.
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In 1996, Shailesh Jejurikar was appointed as Marketing Manager in East Africa.
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In 1999, he began working as Marketing Director in India.
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In 2000, Shailesh Jejurikar was designated as Marketing Director for Fabric and Home Care in ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations: Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar), Australia, India and Korea-Singapore.
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He began working as the Marketing Director for Fabric and Home Care in Global Low-Income Markets in the United States in 2003.
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In 2005, Shailesh Jejurikar was appointed as General Manager for Fabric and Home Care in ASEAN. In 2008, he was promoted to the position of Vice President of ASEAN, a position he held until 2010.
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From 2010 to 2014, he served as Vice President for Home Care in North America.
- Shailesh Jejurikar served as a Trustee at Cincinnati Country Day School between 2012 and 2017.
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In 2014, he was promoted to the position of President for Fabric Care in North America.
- From 2014 to 2017, Shailesh Jejurikar served as the Vice Chairman of the American Cleaning Institute.
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In 2015, he began working as President of the Global Fabric Care and Brand Building.
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From 2018 to 2019, Shailesh Jejurikar served as President of the Global Fabric and Home Care Sector in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
- In July 2019, he was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (Fabric and Home Care) and Executive Sponsor (Global Sustainability) at Procter & Gamble in Geneva, Switzerland.
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During this time, Shailesh Jejurikar helped lead new company strategies and improve operations in Supply Chain, Information Technology, and Global Business Services.
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In October 2021, he started working as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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As COO, Shailesh Jejurikar was in charge of profits and losses for P&G’s Enterprise Markets, which included Latin America, India, the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe.
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He also led teams in Information Technology, Global Business Services, Sales, Market Operations, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Distribution, and New Business for the company.
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In July 2025, it was announced that Shailesh Jejurikar would become the CEO of P&G starting from 1 January 2026, becoming the first Indian to lead the company in its 187-year history.
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He became the second CEO of P&G who was not born in the United States since 1837. The only other non-US-born CEO was Durk Jager, who came from the Netherlands and became CEO in 1998.
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Shailesh Jejurikar is the Chairman of Cincinnati Centre City Development Corporation.
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He is a Board Member at Otis Elevator Company and leads the Compensation Committee there.
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Shailesh Jejurikar is also on the Board of The Christ Hospital.
- He likes watching Bollywood films, reading books, and travelling to distant places in his free time.