Since he was a teenager, Vikram Pandit, now 50, is said to have been always focused on reaching the top. The Nagpur-born Pandit is the chief executive officer and member of the board of directors of Citigroup, one of the world’s largest financial services companies.
Pandit is the first Indian American to be at the helm of a mammoth Fortune 500 company that ranked 8th on the list of 2007 Fortune 500.
Pandit went to the United States at the age of 15 with his parents. Pandit graduated with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Columbia in 1976, and later earned a doctorate in finance from Columbia.
Pandit serves on the boards of Columbia University, Columbia Business School, India School of Business Hyderabad, India and the Trinity School (NY).
He is a former board member of Nasdaq, New York City Investment Fund, American India Foundation and the Council on US Competitiveness.
Image: Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit. | Photograph: Jay Mandal, On Assignment
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