Vikas Kapoor

Vikas Kapoor
Kapoor in 2017
Born (1961-11-17) November 17, 1961 (age 62)
Ajmer, India
NationalityAmerican
EducationPrinceton University
Harvard Business School

Vikas Kapoor (November 17, 1961) is the CEO of Mezocliq, an enterprise technology company.

Early life and education

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]

Career

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]

Personal life

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]

References

  1. ^ "Vikas Kapoor". IndUS Business Journal. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Princeton Alumni Weekly". 1984. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Executive Bio: Vikas Kapoor". 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  4. ^ a b c "Executive Profile: Vikas Kapoor". Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. ^ "USWEB/CKS To buy Mitchell Madison, a consulting firm". The New York Times. July 31, 1999.
  6. ^ "IRMC Changes Name to iQor". BusinessWire. August 10, 2007. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  7. ^ "Vikas Kapoor President & CEO of iQor". IT Management. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  8. ^ "IRMC's New CEO, Vikas Kapoor, Brings Focus on Operational Superiority" (Press release). May 4, 2004. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  9. ^ "Philippine call center business booms". The New York Times. November 20, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  10. ^ "Forbes CIO Summit". Forbes. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Vikas Kapoor". Milken Institute. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Newport Festivals Foundation: Our Mission". Newport Festivals Foundation. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Board of Directors". The Metropolitan Opera. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Membership Roster". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  15. ^ Heyman, Marshall (2015-12-14). "Dancing to a Traditional Indian Beat". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2017-03-22.