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==Career==
==Career==
Kapoor’s first job following business school was as a [[business analyst]] in the financial services practice of [[McKinsey & Company]]. Thereafter, he was a Principal at the global management consulting firm [[A.T. Kearney]].<ref name="Bloomberg: Vikas Kapoor">{{cite web|title=Executive Profile: Vikas Kapoor|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=157129&privcapId=23021152|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=1 September 2016}}</ref> In 1994, Kapoor co-founded the global consulting company [[Mitchell Madison Group]]. He also led Mitchell Madison Group’s buyout of the financial services practice of A.T. Kearney. In 1999, the firm was sold to [[USWeb/CKS]] for several hundred million dollars.<ref>{{cite web|title=USWEB/CKS To buy Mitchell Madison, a consulting firm|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/31/business/company-news-usweb-cks-to-buy-mitchell-madison-a-consulting-firm.html?_r=0|publisher=The New York Times|date=July 31, 1999}}</ref> In 2000, Kapoor was appointed President and CEO of [[Walker Digital]], an incubator of several internet businesses including [[priceline.com]]. In 2002, Kapoor was appointed CEO of Toronto-based Delano Technology Company, a publicly held customer relationship management software company.<ref name="Bloomberg: Vikas Kapoor" />
Kapoor's first job following business school was as a [[business analyst]] in the financial services practice of [[McKinsey & Company]]. Thereafter, he was a Principal at the global management consulting firm [[A.T. Kearney]].<ref name="Bloomberg: Vikas Kapoor">{{cite web|title=Executive Profile: Vikas Kapoor|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=157129&privcapId=23021152|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=1 September 2016}}</ref> In 1994, Kapoor co-founded the global consulting company [[Mitchell Madison Group]]. In 1999, the firm was sold to [[USWeb/CKS]] for several hundred million dollars.<ref>{{cite web|title=USWEB/CKS To buy Mitchell Madison, a consulting firm|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/31/business/company-news-usweb-cks-to-buy-mitchell-madison-a-consulting-firm.html?_r=0|publisher=The New York Times|date=July 31, 1999}}</ref>


In 2000, Kapoor was appointed President and CEO of [[Walker Digital]], an incubator of several internet businesses including [[priceline.com]]. In 2002, Kapoor was appointed CEO of Toronto-based Delano Technology Company, a publicly held customer relationship management software company.<ref name="Bloomberg: Vikas Kapoor" /> In January 2004, Kapoor was appointed CEO and President of [[iQor]], a customer-service and outsourcing company.<ref name="Bloomberg: Vikas Kapoor" /><ref name="IT Management: Vikas Kapoor President & CEO of iQor">{{cite web|title=Vikas Kapoor President & CEO of iQor|url=http://www.manageit.me/speakers/Vikas_Kapoor|publisher=IT Management|accessdate=1 September 2016|date=1 January 2009}}</ref>
In January 2004, Kapoor was appointed CEO and President of [[iQor]]<ref name="Bloomberg: Vikas Kapoor" /><ref name="IT Management: Vikas Kapoor President & CEO of iQor">{{cite web|title=Vikas Kapoor President & CEO of iQor|url=http://www.manageit.me/speakers/Vikas_Kapoor|publisher=IT Management|accessdate=1 September 2016|date=1 January 2009}}</ref> a global technology-enabled business processing and services outsourcing company. In 2009, Kapoor was on the expert panel, ‘The Forecast for Emerging Markets’ at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference.<ref name="Milken Institute: Event Speaker">{{cite web|title=Event Speaker: Vikas Kapoor, President and CEO, iQor, Inc.|url=http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/conferences/global-conference/2009/speaker-detail/4042|publisher=Milken Institute|accessdate=1 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="Sourcing Focus: iQor CEO Vikas Kapoor praises Philippines’ outsourcing growth">{{cite web|title=iQor CEO Vikas Kapoor praises Philippines’ outsourcing growth|url=http://www.sourcingfocus.com/site/newsitem/1529/|publisher=Sourcing Focus|accessdate=1 September 2016|date=28 May 2009}}</ref><ref name="insideARM: Executive Bio: Vikas Kapoor">{{cite web|title=Executive Bio: Vikas Kapoor|url=http://www.insidearm.com/uncategorized/executive-bio-vikas-kapoor/|publisher=insideARM|accessdate=1 September 2016|date=27 August 2009}}</ref><ref name="Milken Institute:The Forecast for Emerging Markets">{{cite web|title=The Forecast for Emerging Markets|url=http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/conferences/global-conference/2009/panel-detail/1600|publisher=Milken Institute|accessdate=1 September 2016|date=27 April 2009}}</ref>


==Personal Life==
==Personal Life==

Revision as of 21:01, 15 March 2017

Vikas Kapoor (November 17, 1961) is the CEO of Mezocliq, an enterprise technology company. Kapoor is a member of the board of directors of The Metropolitan Opera and Newport Jazz Festival.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Kapoor was born in Ajmer, India on November 17, 1961.[4] He grew up in India, England and Australia. He is the son of Kusum and Major General S. B. L. Kapoor, VSM (Retd) of the Indian Army. At 16, Kapoor won a scholarship to study at Sevenoaks School in Kent, England, where he received his high school diploma. In 1984, he graduated magna cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Princeton University.[5] In 1989, he graduated from Harvard with a dual degree in Philosophy from the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and an MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.[6]

Career

Kapoor's first job following business school was as a business analyst in the financial services practice of McKinsey & Company. Thereafter, he was a Principal at the global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney.[7] In 1994, Kapoor co-founded the global consulting company Mitchell Madison Group. In 1999, the firm was sold to USWeb/CKS for several hundred million dollars.[8]

In 2000, Kapoor was appointed President and CEO of Walker Digital, an incubator of several internet businesses including priceline.com. In 2002, Kapoor was appointed CEO of Toronto-based Delano Technology Company, a publicly held customer relationship management software company.[7] In January 2004, Kapoor was appointed CEO and President of iQor, a customer-service and outsourcing company.[7][9]

Personal Life

On Saturday, 12 December 2015, Kapoor and his wife Jaishiri rented out Frederick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center so that their twin 15-year-olds, Riya and Sara, who were making their Rangapravesh, or their graduation, in the tradition of the Bharatanatyam form of South Indian dance could perform publicly for family and friends. The sisters began training with Guru Swati Bhise around 2005. [10]

References

  1. ^ "Mr. Vikas Kapoor". zoominfo. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ^ "NFF Jazz and Folk". Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Board of Directors: Who we are". Metropolitan Opera. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Vikas Kapoor". IndUS Business Journal. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Princeton Alumni Weekly". Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Milken Institute: Event Speaker was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b c "Executive Profile: Vikas Kapoor". Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  8. ^ "USWEB/CKS To buy Mitchell Madison, a consulting firm". The New York Times. July 31, 1999.
  9. ^ "Vikas Kapoor President & CEO of iQor". IT Management. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  10. ^ https://www.wsj.com/articles/dancing-to-a-traditional-indian-beat-1450134003
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