Bharat Desai

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Bharat Desai
भरत देसाई
BornNovember 1952 (age 72)
Kenya
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
OccupationChairman of Syntel
SpouseNeerja Sethi
Children2

Bharat Desai (Hindi: भरत देसाई; born November 1952) is an American billionaire businessman, and the co-founder and chairman of Syntel.[1]

Early life

Bharat Desai was born in November 1952,[2] in Kenya.[citation needed] He is of Gujarati Indian origin.[3] In his childhood, he lived in Mombasa and Ahmedabad.[citation needed] Desai received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay[citation needed] and an MBA in finance from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business.[4][5]

Career

Desai co-founded Syntel, with his wife Neerja Sethi, of which he is the chairman.[6]

Desai is a board member of several educational institutions, including the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Personal life

He is married to Neerja Sethi, and they have two children.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Indian-American couple make $2 billion from sale of firm". The Times of India. 24 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Bharat DESAI - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Top 10 Gujarati billionaires". India TV News. 2015-08-01.
  4. ^ "Board of Directors". Syntel. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Syntel founder Bharat Desai to fund new entrepreneurship centre at IIT Bombay". FirstPost. 4 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Bharat Desai". Forbes. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Neerja Sethi". forbes.com. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  8. ^ Kroll, Luisa. "Bharat Desai & Neerja Sethi - pg.7". Forbes. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2018.