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Vikas Kapoor
Vikas Kapoor in 2017
Vikas Kapoor in 2017
Born (1961-11-17) November 17, 1961 (age 63)
Ajmer, India
NationalityAmerican
EducationPrinceton University
Harvard Business School

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.[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]

In 2017, Kapoor spoke at the Forbes CIO Summit, Milken Global Institute and MIT Chief Data Officer & Information Quality Symposium on the topic of data governance.[10][11]

Personal life

Kapoor is a Trustee of the Newport Festivals Foundation,[12] a member of the board of directors of The Metropolitan Opera[13] and a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. [14]

Kapoor and his wife Jaishri have three children, twin daughters Riya and Sara and a son, Kavi. [15]

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. ^ "Executive Bio: Vikas Kapoor". 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  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. ^ "Forbes CIO Summit". Forbes. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Vikas Kapoor". Milken Institute. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Newport Festivals Foundation: Our Mission". Newport Festivals Foundation. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Board of Directors". The Metropolitan Opera. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Membership Roster". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  15. ^ Heyman, Marshall (2015-12-14). "Dancing to a Traditional Indian Beat". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
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