Wijeyaraj Kumar Mahadeva (Tamil: குமார் மகாதேவா) is a Sri Lankan American businessman. He is the founding chairman and chief executive officer of Cognizant Technology Solutions.[2] He was the CEO of Cognizant from 1994 to 2003[3] and was succeeded by Lakshmi Narayanan. Kumar held senior positions at the BBC, McKinsey, AT&T, and Dun & Bradstreet.[4] He is a member of the Sri Lankan Tamil Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy family, the son of Deshamanya Baku Mahadeva, a Sri Lankan civil servant who served as chairman of various banks, companies, commissions, and boards.
Kumar Mahadeva | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Education | Harvard Business School, 1978[1] |
| Employer | Cognizant |
| Office | Chief Executive Officer |
| Term | 1994–2003 |
| Successor | Lakshmi Narayanan |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Kumar Mahadeva – Alumni – Harvard Business School". September 2003.
- ^ "Cognizant Founder Kumar Mahadeva Named Operating Partner At New York PE Firm GRS Partners". VCCIRCLE. 2006-02-17. Archived from the original on 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- ^ Sood, Varun (2018-09-13). "Cognizant may replace CEO Francisco D'Souza with an outsider". Mint. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "Kumar Mahadeva". HarvardBusinessSchool. September 2003. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
External links
edit- "Cognizant founder Mahadeva to retire". Business Standard. December 23, 2003.
