2. VIVEK PANDIT
Age 40
Nationality United States of America
Occupation Director of McKinsey India
Expertise Private Equity & Principal Investors,
Telecommunications, Media &
Entertainment, High Tech
Experience 10 years in McKinsey, Started and sold two
technology companies before joining
McKinsey.
Was a team leader in the scientific staff at
Bell Northern Research of Nortel in between.
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3. Born in the US and brought up there till he was 10. Pandit spent his formative years in India
(11-17) at Doon School and Jamshedpur. He was off to the US for higher studies, but was
back in India in 2005.
Vivek Pandit is a Senior Partner and Director at McKinsey & Company and a leader of
McKinsey's Principal Investing and Education Practices. Vivek advises leading organizations
on strategy, operations, corporate finance, and M&A topics across North America and Asia.
Vivek is co-author of a book and several publications, including, "Transforming Learning
through mEducation" (2012), "Private Equity: Is the Boom Back?" (2012), "Private Equity in
Asia-Pacific" (2011).etc and several articles in the McKinsey Quarterly and leading press and
business publications.
4. India's Hottest Young Executives
-indiatoday.In
Prior to joining McKinsey he was a Member of Scientific Staff for Bell Northern Research
(Nortel Networks) where he designed switching equipment. Vivek also worked as the Chief
Commercial Officer for a mobile operator (a joint venture between Motorola and France
Telecom).
Vivek received a dual Master's degree in Business Administration and Electrical Engineering
from Stanford University in 1996, where he graduated as a Valentine Fellow. He holds a
Bachelor's of Science degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from the
University of California in 1992, where he graduated Magna cum Laude.
5. MCKINSEY
McKinsey was the first global consulting firm to open its doors in India, over
20 years ago. Today they work with most of the countrys largest companies
and have helped several of them become global champions
They partner with government leaders, working to drive growth in the Indian
subcontinent, raise living standards, and strengthen education and health.
They also develop an unequalled amount of high quality knowledge, data, and
analytics, on both global and Asia-specific topics, supported by India-based
experts in the McKinsey Global Institute.
of the top 25 in India are recruited each year from are alumni of McKinsey India
among their clients Indias top talent
7. Independently, Vivek is a member of several non-profit
boards in education and healthcare - he is actively involved and a
member of the leadership council of the Center for Advanced Studies
of India (CASI) at the University of Pennsylvania, Teach for India and
St. Jude's Cancer Care Centers in Mumbai. Vivek is an Aspen Institute
Fellow and a Trustee of the Aspen Institute, India.
He resides in Mumbai with his wife, Priyanka Seth Pandit,
and their 3 children: Kaiya, Nirvaan and Tahira