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==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Kapoor was born in Ajmer, India on November 17, 1961.<ref name="IndUS Business Journal:">{{cite web|title=Vikas Kapoor|url=http://indusbusinessjournal.com/|publisher=IndUS Business Journal|accessdate=1 September 2016}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="3 July 1985">{{cite web|title=Princeton Alumni Weekly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_BZbAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA17-PA33&lpg=RA17-PA33&dq=mckinsey+%26+company+vikas+kapoor&source=bl&ots=O1Dp4hfwUF&sig=5uF0YBOIEM-Bpdgmp5Ivpau_s8w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3Jc_VbTUOafPsQS18YGQBQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=mckinsey%20%26%20company%20vikas%20kapoor&f=false|accessdate=1 September 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Milken Institute: Event Speaker"/>
Kapoor was born in Ajmer, India on November 17, 1961.<ref name="IndUS Business Journal:">{{cite web|title=Vikas Kapoor|url=http://indusbusinessjournal.com/|publisher=IndUS Business Journal|accessdate=1 September 2016}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="3 July 1985">{{cite web|title=Princeton Alumni Weekly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_BZbAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA17-PA33&lpg=RA17-PA33&dq=mckinsey+%26+company+vikas+kapoor&source=bl&ots=O1Dp4hfwUF&sig=5uF0YBOIEM-Bpdgmp5Ivpau_s8w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3Jc_VbTUOafPsQS18YGQBQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=mckinsey%20%26%20company%20vikas%20kapoor&f=false|accessdate=1 September 2016}}</ref> 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.


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 21:02, 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.

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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[6] In January 2004, Kapoor was appointed CEO and President of iQor, a customer-service and outsourcing company.[6][8]

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. [9]

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. ^ a b c "Executive Profile: Vikas Kapoor". Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  7. ^ "USWEB/CKS To buy Mitchell Madison, a consulting firm". The New York Times. July 31, 1999.
  8. ^ "Vikas Kapoor President & CEO of iQor". IT Management. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  9. ^ https://www.wsj.com/articles/dancing-to-a-traditional-indian-beat-1450134003
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