Ajit Jain
Ajit Jain | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Businessman |
Title | Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations, Berkshire Hathaway |
Board member of | Berkshire Hathaway |
Spouse | Tinku Jain (m. 1981) |
Ajit Jain (born 1951) is an
Education
Jain attended
Career
From 1973 to 1976, Jain worked for IBM as a salesman for their data-processing operations in India. He was named "Rookie of the Year" in his region in 1973.[6] He lost his job in 1976 when IBM discontinued their operation in India because they declined to allow any Indian ownership of the company, as was then required by law.[6]
In 1978, Jain moved to the United States, where he earned an
In 1986, he left McKinsey to work on insurance operations for Warren Buffett. Jain was invited by his former boss, Michael Goldberg, who had left McKinsey & Co. to join Berkshire Hathaway in 1982.[6] At the time, he said he knew little about the insurance business.[8]
In the annual letter to shareholders on 2014, it was suggested that both Jain and Greg Abel could be appropriate successors for Warren Buffett as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.[9][10] In January 2018, Jain was named Berkshire Hathaway's vice chair of insurance operations and appointed to Hathaway's board of directors.[2]
Philanthropy
Jain lives in the New York City area.[11]
In 2005, Jain established the Jain Foundation, a
See also
- List of Jains
- Indians in the New York City metropolitan region
References
- ^ S, Anusha; Krishnan, Janaki (2003-06-27). "Warren Buffett testing Indian market". Rediff. Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2007-03-24.
- ^ a b Kim, Tae (2018-01-10). "Warren Buffett takes a step closer to naming a successor as Berkshire appoints Abel and Jain to board as vice chairs". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
- ^ "The India-born banker who transformed Deutsche Bank is on his way out". Quartz (publication). June 8, 2015.
- ^ "Ajit Jain leads pack to take over from Warren Buffett". Hindustan Times. 2012-05-08. Archived from the original on July 6, 2014.
- ^ Holm, Erik; Ng, Serena (2012-05-05). "In Ajit Jain, Some See Next Buffett". The Wall Street Journal. pp. B1–B2. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
- ^ ISBN 0-471-44259-3.
- ^ "Ajit Jain: Berkshire's next Oracle?". Rediff India Abroad. 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ^ Urban, Rob (2006-07-11). "Jain, Buffett Pupil, Boosts Berkshire Cash as Succession Looms". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2006-07-23.
- ^ "Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter for 2014" (PDF).
his successors would not be 'of only moderate ability.' For instance, Ajit Jain and Greg Abel are proven performers
- ^ "Ajit Jain may head Buffett firm". The Asian Age. Press Trust of India (PTI). 2015-03-02. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
- ^ Steve Jordon (May 2, 2015). "Meet Ajit Jain, the man in charge of Warren Buffett's profit machine". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ "It's personal: Big business searches for cures". Fortune. 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
Further reading
- Matthews, Jeff, "Secrets in Plain Sight: Business and Investing Secrets of Warren Buffett," eBooks On Investing, 2012.