Mala Gaonkar
Mala Gaonkar | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mala Gopal Gaonkar November 1969 (age 54) United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard College Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | businesswoman |
| Title | co-portfolio manager, Lone Pine Capital |
| Spouse | Oliver Haarmann |
| Children | 2 sons |
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 worked for the Boston Consulting Group, before joining Lone Pine Capital.[1]
She is a trustee of the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), and is a founding trustee of Ariadne Labs and The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering[4]. She is a member of the advisory board of The Economist and is a trustee of The Paris Review Foundation and of the Tate.[1]
In 2015, she was one of the founders of Surgo, a non-profit organisation focused on public health service delivery innovation.[3] She is collaborating with musician David Byrne on a theatrical neuroscience project called Theater of the Mind.[5][6]
Personal life
Gaonkar is married to private equity businessman Oliver Haarmann.[3] They have two sons, and live in London.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d "Tate - Board of Trustees - Mala Gaonkar". Tate. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018.
- ^ "Mala Gopal Gaonkar - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ a b c Comita, Jenny (24 May 2017). "Meet Mala Gaonkar and Sema Sgaier, the Women Troubleshooting the World's Crises". W Magazine.
- ^ "Mala Gaonkar - Trustee". Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ David Byrne's Theatrical Thought Experiment in Silicon Valley, KQED, 25 October 2016
- ^ Artscene: David Byrne and co. blend science and art in Menlo Park, The Almanac, 3 November 2016
- ^ "Tate: Appointment of Mala Gaonkar" (PDF). Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. 8 March 2010.