Prashant Khemka

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Prashant R. Khemka
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OccupationBusiness Executive
Known forInvestment Management

Prashant R. Khemka is a CFA, the founder and managing director of WhiteOak Capital Management, and the former CIO of emerging market equities for Goldman Sachs. [1] [2]

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Early life and career

Born on 4 November 1971, in Mumbai, India, Khemka obtained an MBA in Finance from the Owen Graduate School of Management under Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1988. [3]

He started his professional career at State Street Global Advisors in Boston. [4]

Life at Goldman Sachs Asset Management

In 2000, Khekma joined Goldman Sachs as an equity analyst and was co-chairing an equity fund worth $30 billion within four years. [5]

After returning to India in 2006, he started managing Goldman Sachs India Equity which received a AAA rating from Citywire. Under Khemka, Goldman's Global Emerging Markets (GEM) Equity grew from less than $500 million to more than $2.6 billion. [6]

In 2017, Khemka quit Goldman Sachs India to launch his own Mumbai-based firm, White Oak Capital Management, [7] where he launched Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust in July 2018. [8]

Personal life

Prashant Khemka is married to Ritu Khemka and has three children. He is an avid cricket fan and was a chess enthusiast in college. [1]

Sources

  1. 1 2 "2021 a Year of Normalization for India: White Oak Capital". www.chelseafs.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "No end in sight to India's growth boom - Goldman". IN. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Education, vanderbilt. "FROM ENGINEERING TO EQUITIES". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Blogs, pmsbazaar. "From GoldmanSachs to WhiteOak Why Prashant Khemka Remains A 100 Percent Equity Advocate". www.gsamequityconversations.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Prashant Khemka quits Goldman Sachs; to launch his own fund". Moneycontrol. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Education, Vanderbilt. "FROM ENGINEERING TO EQUITIES". Vanderbilt. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  7. ↑ Chauhan, Prithviraj (30 May 2013). "Prashant Khemka quits Goldman Sachs; to launch his own fund". The Indian Wire. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  8. ↑ King, Max (5 November 2023). "Ashoka: A new, but reliable, trust you can count on". Moneyweek. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
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