🚨Meet Kash Patel, the New FBI Director – His Indian Roots Kash Patel, born in New York in 1980 to Gujarati parents, spent his early years in East Africa. He attended Garden City High School in Long Island before earning his undergraduate degree from the University of Richmond. Later, he returned to New York to complete his law degree and a certificate in International Law from University College London. Patel has held key roles in national security, including serving as the National Security Advisor and Senior Counsel for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI).