Jay Shetty

About

Jay Shetty (born 6 September 1987) is a British podcaster, author, entrepreneur, and life coach. He has appeared on television programs to informally discuss mental health and life purpose.

Shetty was born in London on 6 September 1987 to a Hindu family of Indian origin. He was raised in Barnet, North London and has a sister. From childhood, he claims to have been a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, known as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas. His mother is a Gujarati who was raised in Yemen and his father is a Tulu Bunt from Mangalore.
He attended Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet, then went on to graduate from the Bayes Business School at the City St George’s, University of London in 2010 with a degree in Management science.

In a 2008 interview, Shetty claims that at a 2006 event in France of the Iskcon Pandava Sena (the Hare Krishna youth group) he had undergone a “massive transformation” and become appreciative of the Hare Krishna movement.
In business school around 2007 (though Shetty had provided inconsistent accounts of when the event took place), Shetty claimed to have met Gauranga Das, a monk invited to speak…