Vikas Kapoor (November 17, 1961) is the CEO of Mezocliq, an enterprise technology company.

Early life and education

Kapoor was born in Ajmer, India on November 17, 1961. He grew up in India, England and Australia. He is the son of Kusum and Major General S. B. L. Kapoor, VSM (Retd) of the

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. At 16, Kapoor won a scholarship to study at

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, where he received his high school diploma. In 1984, he graduated magna cum laude, with a

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in Philosophy from

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. In 1989, he graduated from Harvard with a dual degree in Philosophy from the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and an MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

Career

Kapoor's first job following business school was as a

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in the financial services practice of McKinsey & Company. Thereafter, he was a Principal at the global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. In 1994, Kapoor co-founded the global consulting company Mitchell Madison Group. In 1999, the firm was sold to USWeb/CKS. In 2000, Kapoor was appointed President and CEO of Walker Digital, an incubator of several internet businesses including

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. In 2002, Kapoor was appointed CEO of Toronto-based Delano Technology Company, a publicly held customer relationship management software company. In January 2004, Kapoor was appointed CEO and President of iQor (formerly IRMC), a customer-service and outsourcing company. In 2017, Kapoor spoke at the Forbes CIO Summit, Milken Global Institute and MIT Chief Data Officer & Information Quality Symposium on the topic of data governance.

Personal life

Kapoor is a Trustee of the Newport Festivals Foundation, a member of the board of directors of

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and a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. Kapoor and his wife Jaishri have three children, twin daughters Riya and Sara and a son, Kavi.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kapoor, Vikas 1961 births Living people Indian emigrants to the United States 21st-century American businesspeople Princeton University alumni American people of Indian descent American technology chief executives American technology company founders American chairpersons of corporations Indian company founders Harvard Business School alumni