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Mala Gaonkar
BornNovember 1969 (age 54–55)
United States
Alma materHarvard College
Harvard Business School
Occupationbusinesswoman
TitleInvestor, SurgoCap Partners LP
SpouseOliver Haarmann
Children2

Mala Gopal Gaonkar (born November 1969) is an American businesswoman, and the co-portfolio manager at investment firm Lone Pine Capital.[1]

Early life

Gaonkar was born in November 1969[2] in the US and mostly raised in Bangalore, India.[3] She earned a degree from Harvard College in 1991, and later an MBA from Harvard Business School.[1]

Career

Gaonkar is co-portfolio manager at investment firm Lone Pine Capital. After graduating from Harvard College, she worked for The Boston Consulting Group and completed her MBA at Harvard Business School before Lone Pine's inception in 1998. She is a trustee of Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), and was a founding trustee of Ariadne Labs, The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Technology.,[4] as well as Surgo Foundation, which provides data science tools for a smarter public health ecosystem. She also serves as a trustee of RAND and the Tate.[1] and is a member of Harvard's Global Advisory Council.

As an author, Mala Gaonkar has published short stories in Catamaran, Carloina Quarterly, and American Short Fiction. She has been nominated for a Pushcart prize.[5]

Personal life

Gaonkar is married to fellow private equity businessman [citation needed] Oliver Haarmann ; they have two sons, and live in London.[3][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tate - Board of Trustees - Mala Gaonkar". Tate. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Mala Gopal Gaonkar - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b Comita, Jenny (24 May 2017). "Meet Mala Gaonkar and Sema Sgaier, the Women Troubleshooting the World's Crises". W Magazine.
  4. ^ "Mala Gaonkar - Trustee". Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Contributors". American Short Fiction. 24 (74). Fall 2021.
  6. ^ "Tate: Appointment of Mala Gaonkar" (PDF). Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. 8 March 2010.