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Who is Ravi Venkatesan? Microsoft Alumni and founder of SVP India
Ravi Venkatesan is an Indian business executive, senior venture capitalist and advisor, and social philanthropist, contributing to the financial and social continuity of India and the world. He was voted one of India’s best management thinkers by Thinkers50. His impact is worldwide, and he relishes…
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Ravi Venkatesan is an Indian business executive, senior venture capitalist and advisor, and social philanthropist, contributing to the financial and social continuity of India and the world. He was voted one of India’s best management thinkers by Thinkers50. His impact is…
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Ravi Venkatesan is an Indian business executive, senior venture capitalist and advisor, and social philanthropist, contributing to the financial and social continuity of India and the world. He was voted one of India’s best management thinkers by Thinkers50. His impact is worldwide, and he relishes taking on the biggest, messiest challenges there are and finding a way to chip away at them to make everlasting change. “It’s a big moment when you stop obsessing over the big things,” Ravi said, “and take more joy in the small things — the many, many, acts of connected kindness and the many moments of connecting with people.”
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Ravi has completed his MBA from Harvard Business School, MS in Engineering from Purdue University, and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Her business and mechanical background grants him a strategic perspective. After graduation, he worked for many world-renowned commercial companies for a long time. From 1996 through 2004, Ravi was the Chairman of Cummins India, an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and distributes engines, filtration and power generation products, and led its transformation into India’s leading provider of engines and power generation solutions. Venkatesan was the chairman of Microsoft India from 2004 through 2011, and after serving over seven years as chairman, he has been named one of Microsoft Alumni Network’s 2020 AlumniHEROes.
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- Ravi is a business leader, a social entrepreneur, and an author. Over the years, he has led several companies and has served as the Chairman of Cummins India, Microsoft India, and Bank of Baroda.
- Ravi founded the Global Alliance For Mass Entrepreneurship, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and also served as UNICEF’s Special Representative for Young People and Innovation, where he started and led a global initiative called Generation Unlimited.
- He was voted one of India’s best management thinkers by Thinkers50 and Microsoft’s Alumni Hero 2020. He currently sits on the boards of the Rockefeller Foundation and Hitachi Ltd.
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