Home > 125 Events > The 2007 Wharton Economic Summit
The 2007 Wharton Economic Summit ::
Keynote Speakers
Rajat Gupta
Rajat Kumar Gupta is the senior partner worldwide of McKinsey & Company. He joined the firm's New York office in 1973, assumed leadership of its Scandinavian offices in 1981, and joined the Chicago office in 1987. He assumed the role of Chicago office manager in 1989. Mr. Gupta served as the managing director worldwide of McKinsey from 1994 to 2003.
In his 32 year career in consulting, Mr. Gupta has served many leading companies on a broad set of topics related to strategy, organization and operations. He has played a thought leadership role in organizational thinking throughout his career, and currently leads the Organization Practice for the firm.
Mr. Gupta is very active in many non-profit institutions focused on education, health and development. He served as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on UN Reform, is an independent director of Goldman Sachs, is on the board of Rockefeller Foundation and also contributes to the work of a host of organizations including:
Education:
- Chairman of the Board of the Indian School of Business
- Chairman of the Board of Associates of the Harvard Business School
- Advisory Board, Kellogg School of Management
- Dean’s Advisory Board, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
- Yale President’s Council
- Board of Business Higher Education Forum (BHEF)
- Co-Chair of Pan IIT Alumni Board
Health:
- Chairman of the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
- Board of Overseers of the Weill Cornell Medical College
- Chairman of the India AIDS Initiative of The Gates Foundation
- Board of the Global Fund for AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis
- Board of the Global Health Council
- Dean’s Council, Harvard School of Public Health
- Board of the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM)
Development:
- Board of Rockefeller Foundation
- Co-Chair of the American India Foundation (AIF)
- Board of the India Education Initiative
- Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum
Mr. Gupta holds a bachelor of technology degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
