Ebook: Mind Without Fear
Author: McKinsey and Company, Gupta Rajat
- Tags: Businessmen, Businessmen--United States, Ex-convicts, Ex-convicts--United States, Executives, Executives--India, Executives--United States, Insider trading in securities, Insider trading in securities--United States--History--21st century, International business enterprises, International business enterprises--History--21st century, Management, Scandals, Scandals--United States--History--21st century, Trials (Fraud), Trials (Fraud)--United States--History--21st century, Electronic books, Biography, Biographies, Hi
- Year: 2019
- Publisher: RosettaBooks
- City: India;United States
- Language: English
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For nine years, Rajat Gupta led McKinsey & Co.—the first foreign-born person to head the world's most influential management consultancy. He was also the driving force behind major initiatives such as the Indian School of Business and the Public Health Foundation of India. A globally respected figure, he sat on the boards of distinguished philanthropic institutions such as the Gates Foundation and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and corporations, including Goldman Sachs, American Airlines, and Procter & Gamble.
In 2011, to the shock of the international business community, Gupta was arrested and charged with insider trading. Against the backdrop of public rage and recrimination that followed the financial crisis, he was found guilty and sentenced to two years in jail. Throughout his trial and imprisonment, Gupta has fought the charges and maintains his innocence to this day.
In these pages, Gupta recalls his unlikely rise from orphan to immigrant t