2013: Chairman and Co-founder, Syntel, Age: 60, Residence: Fisher Island, FL. Education: Master of Business Administration, University of Michigan; Bachelor of Arts / Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Marital Status: Married, Children: 2

BIO

Bharat Desai, NRI entrepreneur is a co-founder of Syntel in 1980 with his wife Neerja Sethi. Both were still students when they started Syntel with about $2,000. He is currently serving as Chairman of Syntel. at headquartered in Troy, Michigan.

Syntel.is a global provider of Information Technology (IT) and Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) solutions, with global development centers in India and in USA. As of March 31, 2011, Syntel has over 17,600 employees and annual revenues in excess of $532 million. Syntel has 27 worldwide facilities, located in the United States, India, UK, Germany, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The company's offshore software development centers are located in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Pune, India. Its US-based development centers are located in Phoenix, Arizona; Nashville, Tennessee; and Memphis, Tennessee.

Desai was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business and won the IIT Alumnus of the Year award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

He was also the recipient of the Michigan Entrepreneur Award from the Harvard Business School and recognized as Entrepreneur Of the Year by USA Today and NASDAQ

2007: Bharat Desai and his wife Neerja Sethi were ranked #286 in the 2007 Forbes 400 list, with an estimated net worth of $1.7 billion US dollars.

2010: Bharat Desai and family were ranked #252 in the 2010 Forbes 400 list, with an estimated net worth of $1.6 billion US dollars.

He is a Board Member of several educational institutions, including the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Desai received an MBA in finance from Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. He got d a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Bharat Desai, co-founder of Syntel (IT) company.