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Arun Kumar

Investor

Managing Partner at Celesta Capital

Mumbai, India

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Arun Kumar, former Chairman & CEO of KPMG India, three-time Silicon Valley cofounder and former senior U.S. trade-policy official, applies a trade-and-geopolitics lens to bridge U.S. and Indian innovation ecosystems.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechHardwareNew MaterialsRoboticsSemiconductorsSpace Tech

Experience

  1. Dr Reddy's LaboratoriesIndependent Director on the Board; Chair of the Audit Committeecurrent2022 — present
  2. Celesta CapitalManaging Partnercurrent2022 — presentSilicon Valley and Bangalore
  3. KPMG IndiaChairman & CEO2017 — 2022Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  4. US Department of Commerce, International Trade AdministrationAssistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets and Director General of the US Commercial Service2014 — 2017Washinngton, DC
  5. KPMG LLPRetired Partner2013 — 2014
  6. KPMG LLPPartner; Member of the Board of Directors1995 — 2013Mountain View, CA and Santa Clara, CA
  7. Planning & Logic Inc. and othersFounder, CEO, CFO in Silicon Valley entrepreneurial ventures1989 — 1995Mountain View, California
  8. Cydrome Inc.Co-founder, CFO, VP Operations, and Member of the Board of Directors1984 — 1988Milpitas, CA
  9. ElxsiController1980 — 1984San Jose, CA
  10. Tata Administrative Service (TAS)TAS1973 — 1978Bombay, India

Education

  1. MIT Sloan School of ManagementS.M., Management1978 — 1980
  2. University College, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, IndiaB.Sc., Physics1969 — 1972
  3. Lawrence School, Lovedale, IndiaISC1961 — 1968

Skills & more

Business Strategy78Business Development45Management Consulting99IT Strategy41Start-ups28Mergers & Acquisitions38Business Process Improvement37Program Management27Business Transformation19Mergers10Change Management15Cloud Computing13
+4 moreStrategic PlanningStrategyLeadershipManagement

Languages Hindi · Malayalam

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