Rajeev Misra
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Rajeev Misra is a London-based.[1], banker and executive[2]. He is Board Director of SoftBank Group[3] and CEO of SoftBank Investment Advisors[4] which oversees the firm’s Vision Fund[5].
Early life and education
Misra was born in 1962 in India[6]. He attended Delhi Public School at MathuraRoad, Delhi, India; IIT Delhi[7]; and the University of Pennsylvania (gaining a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering and then a Master of Computer Applications [MCA])[8]. This was followed by a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)[9]. Misra is a board member of both the University of Pennsylvania and MIT Sloan[10]
Career
Misra is Board Director of Softbank Group and CEO of Softbank Investment Advisors. Misra, who leads the team running the company’s Vision Fund, joined SoftBank in 2014. He spent about 25 years in finance, moving from Merrill Lynch to Deutsche Bank to UBS[11].
Other
Misra is a Member of the Engineering Board of Overseers at the University of Pensylvania (2006 to present) as well as board member of MIT Sloan[12].
References
- ^ https://thetechportal.com/2017/05/27/softbank-adds-rajeev-misra-board-directors/
- ^ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/softbank-nominates-rajeev-misra-its-100-billion-vision-fund-ceo-to-board/articleshow/58863484.cms
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeev-misra-vision-fund/
- ^ https://softbank-ia.com/node/8
- ^ https://www.vccircle.com/meet-iitian-rajeev-misra-who-would-head-softbank-led-100-bn/
- ^ https://www.softbank.jp/en/corp/about/officer/misra/
- ^ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/softbank-nominates-rajeev-misra-its-100-billion-vision-fund-ceo-to-board/articleshow/58863484.cms
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeev-misra-vision-fund/
- ^ http://www.ibtimes.co.in/india-born-rajeev-misra-joins-japans-softbank-board-728314
- ^ http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/conferences/global-conference/2017/speaker-detail/27362
- ^ https://www.theinformation.com/the-people-behind-softbanks-global-deal-spree
- ^ http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/conferences/global-conference/2017/speaker-detail/27362