One thing that has kept him going is the implicit trust he has in the people he works with. But this ability to keep moving forward and evolving has probably been one of Gupta’s biggest professional assets. It wasn’t a smooth ride: At McKinsey, he constantly reinvented himself with every move to a new country and with every new role. Gupta went on to get an undergraduate degree in engineering, then went to Harvard Business School, and eventually joined McKinsey & Company. He said it was the “biggest adversity” in his life, but despite tough times, his siblings and he decided to stay together “instead of getting packed off to various aunts and uncles”. How did Gupta overcome the setbacks in his life? Harappa Chairman and Founder Pramath Raj Sinha caught up with Gupta in the first installment of our Visionary Speaker Series for a conversation on the importance of being able to tackle any unexpected setbacks that life throws at you.Īs he writes in his autobiography, Mind Without Fear, he lost his parents at an early age, the first of many setbacks he was to face in his life. The journey of his life is inspirational: from a childhood in Kolkata to a glowing career as the global head of one of the world’s best consultancy firms, he had it all. Rajat Gupta is a celebrated and sometimes controversial name in the world of business.
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