Kushagra Bajaj | |
|---|---|
 Chairman of the Bajaj Group of Companies | |
| Born | 4 February 1977 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University (B.Sc) Northwestern University (MBA) |
| Occupation | Chairman of Bajaj Group [1] |
| Spouse | Vasavadatta Bajaj |
Kushagra Nayan Bajaj is the Promoter and Non-Executive Chairman of the Bajaj Group of Companies which includes Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Limited, Bajaj Consumer Care Limited, and Bajaj Energy Limited.
Kushagra Bajaj is the son of Shishir Bajaj, Rahul Bajaj’s younger brother. [2] He pursued B.Sc. in Economics, Political Philosophy, and Finance from Carnegie Mellon University [3] and M.Sc. in Marketing from the Northwestern University Chicago.
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In August 2001, Mr. Bajaj became the Chief Executive Officer and took charge of the overall responsibility for Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar and Bajaj Consumer Care leading the expansion and diversification of the businesses.
In 2007, Mr. Kushagra Bajaj received the Young Achiever Award at the 10th Rajiv Gandhi Awards. He donated $2.5 million to endow a professorship at Tepper School of Business at CMU, his undergraduate alma mater. [4]
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