Kumar Mahadeva

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Kumar Mahadeva
Born
EducationHarvard Business School, 1978[1]
EmployerCognizant
OfficeChief Executive Officer
Term1994–2003
SuccessorLakshmi 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.

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