ASHISH DHAWAN

Age: 38

CURRENT DESIGNATION: Senior Managing Director, ChrysCapital

EDUCATION: St. Xaviers Collegiate School, Kolkata; BS in applied mathematics and economics, Yale University; MBA, Harvard Business School

CAREER TRACK: 1992-96: Wasserstein Perella, McCown De Leeuw & Co., GP Investments (Brazil), Goldman Sachs. Launches ChrysCap in 1999

LEADERSHIP STYLE: Participative & apolitical

FAMILY: Manisha (wife), daughters Ayla & Anya

HOBBIES: Travel, reading and water sports

FAVOURITE QUOTE: “Discovery lies in seeing what everyone sees and thinking what no one has thought”

GOAL IN LIFE: To build world-class companies in India