Friday, July 04, 2008

Does she make the sensex dance to her tunes, or what?

RENUKA RAMNATH...MD & CEO, ICICI Ventures
Does she make the sensex dance to her tunes, or what?
Amidst ICICI Bank’s flush gang of girls, she’s arguably sitting on the hottest seat of ’emall. With private equity falling apart globally, and increasing interest of global investors in the greenfield Indian market, Renuka Ramnath, the backbone of ICICI Ventures is in the thick of action. Even as the Indian equity markets continue to soar, the lady knows that she’s treading a fine line. But it’s tough to even catch a trace of those worry lines on her benign, smiling face. An engineering graduate and a MBA in finance, during her two decade long career with the bank, she has spearheaded various business initiatives– Corporate Finance and Equities business at ICICI Securities, Investment Banking, ICICI Eco-net Limited – to name a few. As head of India’s largest private equity fund, to her credit Ramnath has brought tremendous innovation to India’s private equity landscape; apart from spotting the opportunity in several of the country’s most happening startups today, including Air Deccan, TV Today & Naukri.com. Unfazed by her success, Ramnath is relentlessly pursuing a futuristic approach, making planned moves, hedging her bets carefully and making myriad investors richer and happier...

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Source :
IIPM Editorial, 2008

An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist)

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