Mutual fund distributor Mannoj Rijhwaani breathed his last on Wednesday. The owner of Consuultme Financial Services was in hospital since Sunday. He suffered a brief illness.
He was 58 years old and is survived by his wife and a son.
"He was a man with a unique way of living his life. He used to remember and care for everyone be it his friends, relatives or staff," said CM Purohit, a MFD and a close friend of Rijhwaani.
Many mutual fund professionals took to Twitter to express grief.
"Sad to hear of Manoj Rijhwaani's passing away. A wonderful person full of joy. Om Shanti," said Kailash Kulkarni, CEO of L&T Mutual Fund.
Author P V Subramanyam said, "Sad that in most cases we know only that person and have only his phone number...so we have no idea about to whom we can convey the condolences. In Manoj's case, his brother is a friend but this is a super exception."
In an interview with Cafemutual almost a decade back, Rijhwaani had shared his inspirational journey from a job at a laboratory firm to becoming a successful financial advisor.
Rijhwaani had a B.Sc degree but his interest was in professions that involved relationship building.
“After my graduation I was working with laboratory firm. Within two weeks, I found myself out of place as my job role was purely technical. I am the sort of person who likes to talk and interact with people. It made me realize that I am in wrong profession”, he said in the interview.
In 1983, Rijhwaani started his career in the financial world with a job in IDBI. He also tried his hand in trading readymade garments and leather bags.
Rijhwaani later started financial advisory business. “I wanted to start a business which didn’t require much capital. Many IDBI employees wanted to invest in bonds and NSC but at that time there were very few people who were providing this service. I saw an opportunity here,” Manoj recalled.
Rijhwaani bought an office in Thane in 2003 and started actively selling MF products in 2004.
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