Viswas Raghavan | |
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| Born | Viswas Raghavan September 1966 (age 59) |
| Education | University of Bombay (BA) Aston University (BA) |
| Employer | Citigroup |
| Website | citigroup.com/vis-raghavan |
Viswas "Vis" Raghavan is an Indian American investment banker who has served as the head of banking at Citigroup since 2024. He was previously global co-head of investment banking at J.P. Morgan from 2020 to 2024, briefly becoming sole head before departing to Citi. At J.P. Morgan, Raghavan specialized in equity and debt capital market transactions. [1] [2]
Raghavan was born in September 1966 and raised in India. [2] He attended the University of Bombay and graduated with a degree in physics before earning a duel degree in electronic engineering and computer science from Aston University. [3]
Raghavan began his career at Lehman Brothers during the late-1990s. He joined J.P. Morgan in 2000, where he began work in the firm's equity-linked and derivatives capital market businesses for Europe and Asia. [4] Based in London, he held several senior positions, including head of international capital markets and global head of equity capital markets. [5]
He joined Citigroup in 2024 at the request of Citi CEO Jane Fraser. [2] Tasked with leading Citi's firm-wide investment, commercial, and corporate banking, the bank offered him a $40 million recruitment package. [2] Raghavan orchestrated a highly publicized recruitment spree from J.P. Morgan's investment bank to Citi throughout 2025. [6] He is seen as a potential sucessor to Fraser as CEO of the bank. [7]
Raghavan is married with four children in the Chelsea neighhood in New York City. [2] He follows professional cricket.