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'''Rajat Kumar Gupta''' ([[Hindi]]: ''रजत कुमार गुप्ता''; born December 2, 1948) is the current special advisor on management reforms to the [[UN Secretary-General|Secretary-General]] of the [[United Nations]]. He is also an independent director at [[Goldman Sachs]], is a member of the board of trustees of the [[University of Chicago]] and Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the [[American India Foundation]].<ref>http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/15/stories/2006111500792003.htm</ref>
'''Rajat Kumar Gupta''' ([[Hindi]]: ''रजत कुमार गुप्ता''; born December 2, 1948) is the current special advisor on management reforms to the [[UN Secretary-General|Secretary-General]] of the [[United Nations]]. He is also Chairman of the [[International Chamber of Commerce]],<ref>http://www.iccwbo.org</ref> an independent director at [[Goldman Sachs]], a member of the board of trustees of the [[University of Chicago]] and Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the [[American India Foundation]].<ref>http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/15/stories/2006111500792003.htm</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
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Genpact LTD. (Chairman and Member of Nominating and Governance Committee), Procter & Gamble Co. (Director), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Independent Director) and Sberbank (Independent Member of the Supervisory Council).<ref>http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=162849&privcapId=7690731&previousCapId=168569&previousTitle=AMR%20Corporation</ref> <ref>http://www.sbrf.ru/ru/about/managers/supervisory_board/</ref> Gupta is also the Co-Chair of the [[American India Foundation]] (AIF), whose mission is to accelerate social and economic change in [[India]]. He is particularly interested in AIF's public health focus area, with an emphasis on combatting HIV/AIDS in India.
Genpact LTD. (Chairman and Member of Nominating and Governance Committee), Procter & Gamble Co. (Director), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Independent Director) and Sberbank (Independent Member of the Supervisory Council).<ref>http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=162849&privcapId=7690731&previousCapId=168569&previousTitle=AMR%20Corporation</ref> <ref>http://www.sbrf.ru/ru/about/managers/supervisory_board/</ref> Gupta is also the Co-Chair of the [[American India Foundation]] (AIF), whose mission is to accelerate social and economic change in [[India]]. He is particularly interested in AIF's public health focus area, with an emphasis on combatting HIV/AIDS in India.


Gupta was also recently appointed as [[UN Secretary-General]] [[Kofi Annan]]'s special advisor on management reform.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1283712.cms</ref> He was appointed as an independent director at [[Goldman Sachs]] on 10 November, 2006.
Gupta was also recently appointed as [[UN Secretary-General]] [[Kofi Annan]]'s special advisor on management reform.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1283712.cms</ref> On 1 July 2010, he became Chairman of the [[International Chamber of commer]].<ref>http://www.iccwbo.org/id101/index.html</ref> He was appointed as an independent director at [[Goldman Sachs]] on 10 November, 2006.


He is also on the board of trustees of the [[University of Chicago]], advised McKinsey's work with the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] on AIDS, as well as their Global Health Initiative, and is currently a trustee on the board of the [[Rockefeller Foundation]].
He is also on the board of trustees of the [[University of Chicago]], advised McKinsey's work with the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] on AIDS, as well as their Global Health Initiative, and is currently a trustee on the board of the [[Rockefeller Foundation]].

Revision as of 14:11, 30 July 2010

Rajat Gupta
Born (1948-12-02) December 2, 1948 (age 75)
Maniktala, Calcutta
Occupation(s)Consultant, Management expert
SpouseAnita Mattoo Gupta

Rajat Kumar Gupta (Hindi: रजत कुमार गुप्ता; born December 2, 1948) is the current special advisor on management reforms to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. He is also Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce,[1] an independent director at Goldman Sachs, a member of the board of trustees of the University of Chicago and Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the American India Foundation.[2]

Early life

Rajat Gupta was born to Ashwini Kumar Gupta and Pran Kumari Gupta, who had three other children. His father was a journalist with the Ananda Bazar Patrika Group. He was a prominent freedom fighter and had been to jail many times. His mother taught at a Montessori school.

When he was five the family moved to Delhi, where his father went to start Hindustan Standard. His father died when Rajat was sixteen and his mother died when he was eighteen.

He was an outstanding student at Modern School. He holds a bachelor of technology degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.[3]

Career

Rajat Gupta joined McKinsey & Company in 1973 and went on to become the firm's first managing director born outside of the US, completing three full terms at the coveted position.[4] Gupta became the head of the Scandinavian offices in 1981 and the head of the Chicago office in 1990. In 1994, he was elected managing director. Gupta is widely regarded as one of the first Indians to successfully break through the glass ceiling.

He assumed the role of office manager there in 1989, was elected managing director of the firm in 1994 and re-elected twice, once in 1997 and again in 2000.

Since joining the firm, Gupta has directed a number of projects aimed at helping companies develop new product/market strategies and reorganize for improved effectiveness and operations capabilities. He has a broad range of consulting experience with a variety of industries, including telecommunications, energy, and consumer goods.

Gupta is on the Advisory boards of Harvard Business School and the Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.[5] He is Chairman of the Board of the Indian School of Business at Hyderabad, India[6], and is also Chair of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. He has many other professional and business affiliations, including: on the Board of Governors of the Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Chairman of the Board of Associates of the Harvard Business School; and Dean's Advisory Council, MIT Sloan School of Management.

In addition, Gupta serves on the board of American Airlines Inc. (Director and Member of Audit Committee), Genpact LTD. (Chairman and Member of Nominating and Governance Committee), Procter & Gamble Co. (Director), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Independent Director) and Sberbank (Independent Member of the Supervisory Council).[7] [8] Gupta is also the Co-Chair of the American India Foundation (AIF), whose mission is to accelerate social and economic change in India. He is particularly interested in AIF's public health focus area, with an emphasis on combatting HIV/AIDS in India.

Gupta was also recently appointed as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special advisor on management reform.[9] On 1 July 2010, he became Chairman of the International Chamber of commer.[10] He was appointed as an independent director at Goldman Sachs on 10 November, 2006.

He is also on the board of trustees of the University of Chicago, advised McKinsey's work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on AIDS, as well as their Global Health Initiative, and is currently a trustee on the board of the Rockefeller Foundation.

On March 19, 2010, it was announced that Rajat K. Gupta has decided not to stand for re-election to the Goldman Sach's Board of Directors at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

On April 15, 2010, Wall Street Journal reported that Federal prosecutors are investigating for his alleged involvement in providing insider information to Galleon hedge-fund founder Raj Rajaratnam during the financial crisis.[11]

Personal life

Rajat Gupta married Anita Mattoo of Srinagar, Kashmir, his 2 years junior at IIT.[12] She is an electrical engineer, according to him "a much smarter student" than himself. The couple met at college debates and plays.

He presently lives in Westport, Connecticut with his wife and has four daughters - Geetanjali, Megha, Aditi and Deepali.

References

  1. ^ http://www.iccwbo.org
  2. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/15/stories/2006111500792003.htm
  3. ^ http://www.mckinsey.com/ideas/wef2004/biographies/rajat.asp
  4. ^ http://www.businessweek.com/archives/1994/b336635.arc.htm
  5. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/432787.cms
  6. ^ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/rssarticleshow/msid-3718537,flstry-1.cms
  7. ^ http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=162849&privcapId=7690731&previousCapId=168569&previousTitle=AMR%20Corporation
  8. ^ http://www.sbrf.ru/ru/about/managers/supervisory_board/
  9. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1283712.cms
  10. ^ http://www.iccwbo.org/id101/index.html
  11. ^ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304628704575186441226520102.html
  12. ^ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2489323,prtpage-1.cms
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