Galla Jayadev is an Indian business executive.[1] and politician fromAndhra Pradesh. He is the Managing Director of Amara Raja Group.[2] On 8 March 2014, he joined the Telugu Desam Party. He won the 2014 Lok Sabha Election as a Parliament member from Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency) with a majority of 69,633 against YSR Congress Partycandidate Balashowry Vallabhaneni.Early lifeJayadev was born in Diguvamagham, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh toRamachandra Naidu Galla and Aruna Kumari Galla. His father is an industrialist who founded the Amara Raja Group. His mother Aruna Kumari Galla is a MLA from Chandragiri consistuency and also a minister in the Andhra Pradesh state government. His grandfather Paturi Rajagopala Naiduwas a former Indian parliamentarian. Along with his parents, Jayadev moved to USA, where he lived for around 22 years.[4] He studied politics and economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[5][6]Personal Life[edit]He has a sister named Ramadevi. He married Padmavathi Ghattamaneni, daughter of prominent Telugu film actor Krishna on June 26, 1991.[7] They have two children – Siddharth Galla and Ashok Galla. He is known to be very close to his brother-in-law, Telugu actor Mahesh Babu