Anshu Jain
Indian-born British businessman (1963–2022)
Anshuman "Anshu" Jain (7 January 1963 – 12 August 2022) was an Indian-born British business executive. From 2017 to 2022, he was the president of the American financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald. He previously served as the Global co-CEO and co-Chairman of Deutsche Bank from June 2012 until July 2015. Jain was also a member of Deutsche Bank's Management Board. He was previously head of its Corporate and Investment Bank, globally responsible for Deutsche Bank's corporate finance, sales and trading, and transaction banking business. Jain remained a consultant to the bank until January 2016.
Early life and education
Jain was born on 7 January 1963 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, and his father Ambuj Kumar Jain was a history teacher who became a career civil servant and served in the Indian Audit and Accounts Service. He was raised in the Jain religion and was a vegetarian. When he was six, Jain moved with his father to Nizamuddin West in Delhi, and attended Delhi Public School, Mathura Road.
From 1975 to 1977, Jain briefly attended a private Indian school in Kabul due to his father's job transfer before moving back to Delhi and completing his schooling from DPS, Mathura Road.
The public source identifies “Anshu Jain” as indian-born British businessman (1963–2022). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Anshu, Jain and Indian-born.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Anshu Jain”, the useful work is to connect “indian-born British businessman (1963–2022)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q569798. VIAF identifies the subject as 295599712. The Library of Congress control number is n2014000358. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1963, 2022, 2017 and 2012.
Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Anshu Jain”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Anshu Jain primary sources, Anshu Jain archive and Anshu research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Anshu Jain”?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Anshu Jain” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.