Vikas Kapoor | |
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 Kapoor in 2017 | |
| Born | November 17, 1961 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Princeton University Harvard Business School |
Vikas Kapoor (November 17, 1961) is the CEO of Mezocliq, an enterprise technology company.
Vikas Kapoor | |
|---|---|
| Kapoor in 2017 | |
| Born | November 17, 1961 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Princeton University Harvard Business School |
Vikas Kapoor (November 17, 1961) is the CEO of Mezocliq, an enterprise technology company.
Kapoor was born in Ajmer, India on November 17, 1961. [1] He grew up in India, England and Australia. He is the son of Kusum and Major General S. B. L. Kapoor, VSM (Retd) of the Indian Army. At 16, Kapoor won a scholarship to study at Sevenoaks School in Kent, England, where he received his high school diploma. In 1984, he graduated magna cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Princeton University. [2] In 1989, he graduated from Harvard with a dual degree in philosophy from the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and an MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar. [3]
Kapoor's first job following business school was as a business analyst in the financial services practice of McKinsey & Company. Thereafter, he was a Principal at the global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. [4] In 1994, Kapoor co-founded the global consulting company Mitchell Madison Group. In 1999, the firm was sold to USWeb/CKS. [5]
In 2000, Kapoor was appointed President and CEO of Walker Digital, an incubator of several internet businesses including priceline.com. In 2002, Kapoor was appointed CEO of Toronto-based Delano Technology Company, a publicly held customer relationship management software company. [4] In January 2004, Kapoor was appointed CEO and President of iQor (formerly IRMC [6] ), a customer-service and outsourcing company. [4] [7] [8] [9]
In 2017, Kapoor spoke at the Forbes CIO Summit, Milken Global Institute and MIT Chief Data Officer & Information Quality Symposium on the topic of data governance. [10] [11]
Kapoor is a Trustee of the Newport Festivals Foundation, [12] a member of the board of directors of The Metropolitan Opera [13] and a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. [14]
Kapoor and his wife Jaishri have three children, twin daughters Riya and Sara and a son, Kavi. [15]
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