Anil Kumar
Anil Kumar | |
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| Born | January 1, 1958 |
| Occupation(s) | Consultant, Management expert |
Anil Kumar (born 1958) was an eminent and influential senior partner at management consultancy McKinsey & Company. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in India, Imperial College in the UK, and the Wharton School in the US.
Kumar was widely admired for pioneering the concept of Knowledge Process Offshoring,[1] which helped lay the groundwork for India's tremendous economic and outsourcing boom. Correctly predicting the rise of both Silicon Valley and India, he established and led McKinsey offices in both locations, Silicon Valley in the 1980s and then India in the 1990s. Together with Rajat Gupta, Kumar co-founded the Indian School of Business, today a top-ranked business school. He also co-chaired the Indian American Council at the Confederation of Indian Industry. Among other senior leadership roles at McKinsey, Kumar chaired the firm's Knowledge Center and Asia Center.
Despite these successes, Kumar maintained a low profile until a 2009 arrest in conjunction with an ongoing US governmental investigation into insider trading.[2] As of December 2009, he was no longer with the firm.[3] In January 2010, he pleaded guilty at a federal court in New York.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.spendmatters.com/index.cfm/2009/10/16/Godfather-of-KPO-and-McKinsey-Director-Anil-Kumar-Arrested
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/17/business/17insider.html
- ^ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704342404574576134130532484.html
- ^ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8c1de872-fbd3-11de-9c29-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1
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