About
Harit Talwar is Chairman of Better and serves as a board member at Mastercard, KPMG US, Apexon, and Inveniam.io. He was a partner at Goldman Sachs, where he founded and led Marcus, the firm's consumer banking business, before that serving as President of US Cards at Discover Financial Services. His career includes leadership roles at Morgan Stanley and Citibank, as well as board positions at the American India Foundation and Ashoka University.
Experience
- KPMG USIndependent Board Membercurrent2024 — present
- InveniamBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- MastercardBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- BetterChairman of the Boardcurrent2022 — present
- Infostretch/ApexonBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- Goldman SachsChairman of Consumer Business (Marcus), Partner2021New York, New York, United States
- Goldman SachsGlobal Head of Consumer Business (Marcus), Partner2015 — 2021New York, New York, United States
- Discover Financial ServicesPresident of US Cards2008 — 2015Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Discover Financial ServicesEVP, Head of Discover Payments2004 — 2008Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Morgan StanleyHead of Consumer Banking International2000 — 2003
- CitiVarious Roles1985 — 2000
Education
- Delhi UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Economics
- Indian Institute of Management AhmedabadMaster of Business Administration - MBA
Skills & more
Administration28Marketing26Financial Advisory7Banking10Payments3Cards5Leadership31
From Harit's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Delhi University86
Rama KannanGeneral Partner Advisor at Beyond Capital VenturesAmrit RajPartner & Chief Marketing Officer at Jungle VenturesShunyam GuptaAnalyst, Asia at RTP GlobalAtul DhawanAudit & Strategy Mentor at SenseAI VenturesUtpal SharmaVice President at Titan CapitalShiv KapoorVice President at Titan Capital
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Also attended Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad93
Kulpreet SinghOperating Advisor at OpenOceanPiyush KharbandaGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Kanika MayarPartner, Investment & ESG Officer at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Amrit RajPartner & Chief Marketing Officer at Jungle VenturesPranjal KhandelwalAnalyst, Investments at LightboxHarkesh MittalChairman, Startup India Seed Fund Committee at Seafund
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Shared employers
Also worked at KPMG US231
Jeffrey PaineFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesJonas VetterleInvestor at Moonfire VenturesMarco FumagalliBoard Member at P101 VenturesJimmy ChartersChief Financial Officer at GreycroftRob LawrenceSenior Finance Associate at GreycroftJay JohnsonBoard Member at CincyTech
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Also worked at Better9
Raj DateManaging Partner at Fenway Summer VenturesKamran AnsariVenture Partner at Infinity VenturesShawn LowFounder, Visiting Partner at ITERATIVEAndrew UngerRecruiting Advisor at Conversion CapitalMatthew MaronGeneral Counsel at Activant CapitalTheo OsborneManaging Partner at 9Yards Capital
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Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,184
Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmNiki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also worked at Discover Financial Services5
Colleagues at Inveniam
Albert Berdellans
Global Head of Artificial Intelligence at Inveniam
Bobby Yablunsky
Board Member at Inveniam
Daniel E. Baron
Sr. Managing Director, Chief Legal Officer at Inveniam
Dr. David Metcalf, PhD
Board Advisor at Inveniam
Dr. Shuja Ali
Senior Managing Director, Inveniam Capital Partners at Inveniam
Jackson Blau
Manager, Crypto & DeFi at Inveniam
Jacob Champlin
Director of Engineering & Technical Strategy at Inveniam
Kerry Rudy
Board Advisor at Inveniam