Kumar Mahadeva

See also: Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy family

Kumar Mahadeva
Born	Sri Lanka
Education	Harvard Business School, 1978[1]
Employer	Cognizant
Office	Chief Executive Officer
Term	1994–2003
Successor	Lakshmi Narayanan

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.

See also

• Cognizant Technology Solutions
• List of Tamils of Sri Lanka

References

1. "Kumar Mahadeva – Alumni – Harvard Business School". September 2003.
2. "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.
3. Sood, Varun (2018-09-13). "Cognizant may replace CEO Francisco D'Souza with an outsider". Mint. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
4. "Kumar Mahadeva". HarvardBusinessSchool. September 2003. Retrieved 2009-02-18.

External links

• "Cognizant founder Mahadeva to retire". Business Standard. December 23, 2003.