Prashant Khemka

Prashant R. Khemka
OccupationBusiness Executive
Known forInvestment Management

Prashant R. Khemka is a CFA, the founder and managing director of WhiteOak Capital Management, and the former CIO of emerging market equities for Goldman Sachs.[1][2]

Early life and career

Born on 4 November 1971, in Mumbai, India, Khemka obtained an MBA in Finance from the Owen Graduate School of Management under Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1988.[3]

He started his professional career at State Street Global Advisors in Boston.[4]

Life at Goldman Sachs Asset Management

In 2000, Khekma joined Goldman Sachs as an equity analyst and was co-chairing an equity fund worth $30 billion within four years.[5]

After returning to India in 2006, he started managing Goldman Sachs India Equity which received a AAA rating from Citywire. Under Khemka, Goldman's Global Emerging Markets (GEM) Equity grew from less than $500 million to more than $2.6 billion.[6]

In 2017, Khemka quit Goldman Sachs India to launch his own Mumbai-based firm, White Oak Capital Management.[7]

Personal life

Prashant Khemka is married to Ritu Khemka and has three children. He is an avid cricket fan and was a chess enthusiast in college.[1]

Sources

  1. ^ a b Asia, bloomberg. "2021 a Year of Normalization for India: White Oak Capital". www.chelseafs.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ^ Reuters Editorial. "No end in sight to India's growth boom - Goldman". IN. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2017. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Education, vanderbilt. "FROM ENGINEERING TO EQUITIES". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. ^ Blogs, pmsbazaar. "From GoldmanSachs to WhiteOak Why Prashant Khemka Remains A 100 Percent Equity Advocate". www.gsamequityconversations.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  5. ^ Business, TheIndianWire. "Prashant Khemka quits Goldman Sachs; to launch his own fund". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 13 December 2017. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Education, Vanderbilt. "FROM ENGINEERING TO EQUITIES". Vanderbilt. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  7. ^ Chauhan, Prithviraj (30 May 2013). "Prashant Khemka quits Goldman Sachs; to launch his own fund". The Indian Wire. Retrieved 11 November 2018.