Speaker Series – Vijay Karnani (CEO – Goldman Sachs)

Mr. Karnani is Co-chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sach’s business in India and Head of the Securities Division in India. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1998 in Equity Capital Markets. Mr. Karnani moved to the Equity Derivatives team in Hong Kong in 2000 and to the Asian Special Situations Group in 2006. He became Head of the Securities Division in India in 2009 and Co-chief Executive Officer in 2011. Mr. Karnani was named Managing Director in 2007 and Partner in 2010. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Karnani worked in investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York. Mr. Karnani earned undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Finance from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994 and an MBA from Northwestern University in 1998.