MARKETING 121Rajat Gupta final case

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BACKGROUND OF RAJAT GUPTA • Born in Kolkata in the year 1948 • Lost his parents in the early age and had 2 siblings • B-Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi • MBA from HBS • Jo... ined McKinsey in 1973 Rajat Gupta Philanthropy The Case Ethical Analysis 2PROFESSIONAL CAREER • The head of McKinsey offices in 1981 • Elected senior partner in 1984 • Became head of the Chicago office in 1990 • Elected as firms first MD born outside of USA in 1994 and served till 2003 • Under him the firm opened offices in 23 new countries and doubled its consultant base to 891 partners, increasing revenue 280 percent to $3.4 billion Rajat Gupta Philanthropy The Case Ethical Analysis 3CONTINUED.. • Board Member of P&G, 2007-11 • Board Member of Goldman Sachs, 2006-10 • Non-executive chairman of Genpact, 2007-11 • Board Member of AMR, 2008-11 • Board Member of Harman International, 2009-11 Rajat Gupta Philanthropy The Case Ethical Analysis 4PHILANTHORPY Education Served as Chairman and member of several boards Co-founded ISB Rajat Gupta Philanthropy The Case Ethical Analysis 5PHILANTHORPY Health Care Served as Chairman and member of several boards Rajat Gupta Philanthropy The Case Ethical Analysis 6CONNECTION WITH RAJARATNAM • Co-founded ISB with his senior partner Anil Kumar in 2001 • Anil Kumar introduced Rajaratnam who generously invested in ISB • Rajaratnam and Rajat Gupta co-founded Voyager capital in 2005 [Show More]

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