Sonny Mehta

Sonny Mehta
Born
Ajai Singh Mehta

(1942-11-09)9 November 1942
Died30 December 2019(2019-12-30) (aged 77)
Education
Occupation(s)Book editor and publishing executive
Spouse
(m. 1965⁠–⁠2019)
Children1
RelativesBiju Patnaik (father-in-law)
Naveen Patnaik (brother-in-law)

Ajai Singh "Sonny" Mehta (9 November 1942[1] – 30 December 2019)[2] was a British and American editor. Mehta was the editor-in-chief of Alfred A. Knopf and chairman of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

  1. ^ McFadden, Robert D. (31 December 2019), "Sonny Mehta, Venerable Knopf Publisher, Is Dead at 77", The New York Times.
  2. ^ Cader, Michael (31 December 2019). "Knopf Doubleday Chairman Sonny Mehta Dies at 77". Publishers Lunch.