Ashish Dhawan
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Ashish Dhawan | |
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| Born | Ashish Dhawan March 10, 1969 New Delhi, India |
| Alma mater | Harvard Business School Yale University |
| Occupation(s) | Founder & CEO, Foundation for Improving the Quality of Life (A-PAG) Founder & CEO, Central Square Foundation Founder & Governing Body Member, Ashoka University Senior Managing Director, ChrysCapital |
| Board member of | Chairman, ChrysCapital Akanksha Foundation Teach for India Centre for Civil Society Janaagraha 3.2.1 Education Foundation India School Leadership Institute Bharti Foundation Bill Gates Foundation |
| Spouse |
Manisha Dhawan (m. 1998) |
| Parent(s) | Renu Dhawan Anand Dhawan |
| Website | CentralSquareFoundation.org |
Ashish Dhawan (born March 10, 1969) is an Indian private equity investor and philanthropist who co-founded and ran one of India's leading private equity funds, Chrysalis Capital (ChrysCapital).[1] He has served on the company's board since 1999, but left his full-time position at ChrysCapital in 2012 after twenty years in the investment management business to found Central Square Foundation (CSF)[2][3], a grant-making organization and policy think tank focused on transforming the quality of school education in India. In 2014, he spearheaded the launch of India's first liberal arts university[4], Ashoka University, a philanthropic effort of over forty leaders in education and industry.
In 2012, Dhawan was recognized as the NextGen Leader in Philanthropy by Forbes India for his charitable work.[5] He also placed 15th on the 2014 Hurun India Philanthropy List, a ranking of the most generous individuals in India produced by China-based Hurun Research Institute.[6] His net worth is approximately $800 million.
References
- ^ "ChrysCapital | Home". Chryscapital. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "CSF Official Website - Our Team". Central Square Foundation.
- ^ "Economic and social reform with Ashish Dhawan - KPMG Global". KPMG. 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ "Ashish Dhawan to raise Rs.400 crore for Ashoka University". Live Mint.
- ^ "Forbes India - Ashish Dhawan: Next Gen Leader in Philanthropy".
- ^ "胡润百富 - www.hurun.net". Archived from the original on 2015-05-16. Retrieved 2015-05-11.