Krishnakumar Natarajan

A leading authority in the global IT sector, Krishnakumar Natarajan co-founded Mindtree in 1999 and has played key roles in building the company’s innovative approach to delivering IT services and solutions to global 2000 enterprises. As Executive Chairman he built a $1B revenue company with Market Cap of over $2.5B. His key skill is to help Enterprises navigate the ‘Digital transformation’ agenda and help business transformations by which enterprises enhance customer experience and deliver Industry leading growth. Krishnakumar’s efforts as a business leader has been recognized worldwide, winning him several laurels. Businessworld & Forbes ranked him amongst the most valuable CEOs in India in 2016. He won Bloomberg UTV’s award as the CEO of the Year in 2010, Business Today CEO of the year award in 2014 and was recognized by Chief Executive Magazine’s as one of the twelve global leaders of tomorrow. EY honored him with Entrepreneur of the year 2015 in Services. His efforts resulted in Mindtree winning the “Most promising company of the Year” in 2013 by CNBC TV18. A 40-year IT industry veteran, Krishnakumar served as Chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), where he worked to strengthen the Indian IT industry to build a globally competitive ecosystem. He now serves as the Chairman of Nasscom Foundation. Social enterprises and Philanthropy are other Key interests of Krishnakumar. Along with his wife Akila he runs their Personal foundation “Mela” which is focused on helping high potential rural girls to attain professional qualifications and helping Senior Citizens age gracefully. He is also a regular speaker at international IT industry conferences and a faculty member at management schools around the world. He is also on the Boards of a few well-known Organizations. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering, Chennai, India, and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Xavier Institute, Jamshedpur, India.