Dhiraj Rajaram

Dhiraj C Rajaram is the founder and chairman of Mu Sigma Inc,[1] an Indian multinational data analytics company.[2]

Early years

Rajaram was born in 1975 and grew up in Chennai, India. He was raised by his grandparents. Rajaram completed his bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, M.S. in computer engineering from Wayne State University Michigan and MBA from Booth School of Business University of Chicago.[3] After completing his education, Rajaram worked as a management consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) in the US and Booz Allen Hamilton India.[4]

Mu Sigma

After quitting his job from Booz Allen Hamilton India,[5] Rajaram started data analytics company Mu Sigma Inc. in 2004.[6]

Awards and recognition

Rajaram was named to Fortune Magazine's list of 40 under 40 in 2013[7] and won The Economic Times "Entrepreneur of Year" award in 2014.[8]

Family

Raja married his engineering college friend Ambiga who is part of his business Mu Sigma as CEO(since 2016). They currently live in Bangalore with their son named Akash. Recently they announced their split [9][10]

Controversies

He has been recently sued by Patrick Ryan for deliberately misquoting prospective growth of his firm, Mu Sigma Inc. Rajaram allegedly did this when he was trying to buy back Mu Sigma shares obtained by Ryan in lieu of investments made by Ryan in the then fledgling data analytics firm.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "ET Awards 2014: How Mu Sigma's Dhiraj Rajaram, Entrepreneur of the Year, raised one of biggest global data companies". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Dhiraj Rajaram, Chairman & CEO, Mu Sigma emerges as the contrarian entrepreneur in the big data industry". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Master of data universe". Business Today. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dhiraj Rajaram". Bloomberg. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Mu Sigma's Dhiraj Rajaram still makes time for things worth pursuing". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Big Data Specialist Draws Big Clients, Big VC Funding". Forbes. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Fortune's 40 under 40 -- The hottest young stars in business". Fortune. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Mu Sigma's Dhiraj Rajaram is Entrepreneur of the Year". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Eat, date, ring your humble Pi". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Executive Profile: Dhiraj Rajaram". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  11. ↑ KartikayM, Kartikay Mehrotra. "Mu Sigma Accused of Lowballing Prospects to Buy Out Investor". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
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