Kumar Mahadeva, Director

Kumar Mahadeva is the founder and Managing Partner at Kubera Partners, a private equity firm that invests in cross-border companies. Prior to founding Kubera, Kumar was most recently the Chairman and CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp, a leading global outsourcing provider. Kumar founded Cognizant, and during his decade-long tenure as Cognizant's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, he helped create more than $5 billion in shareholder value. Prior to founding Cognizant, Kumar was Corporate Vice President and Chief Executive for India and China at D&B (formerly Dun & Bradstreet) for five years. Before D&B, he served as Corporate Director for Strategy and Corporate Development at AT&T. Prior to joining AT&T, Kumar was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company working in that firm's New York, London and Amsterdam offices.

Kumar has a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Cambridge University and received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

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