Arvind Rao, Chairman, CEO and Co-founder, OnMobile
MBA Finance, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.Tech, IIT, Mumbai, India
 
Arvind has more than 20 years of global experience in the wireless telecommunications, private equity, venture capital, and emerging market sectors.
 
With his passion & motivation, Arvind has transformed OnMobile from a start-up with big dreams to the No.1 Telecom VAS player in India. He plays an instrumental role in forging new partnerships with telecom, media & corporate customers, conceiving new business models which are redefining how the telecom VAS sector operates, identifying and negotiating inorganic growth opportunities for OnMobile around the world, representing the face of OnMobile with investors and shareholders, and ensuring a high growth trajectory for OnMobile to build significant economic value for all stakeholders including employees.
 
Prior to co-founding OnMobile, he was the Managing Director of Technology investments at Gilbert Global Equity Partners, New York. Prior to that, he was a Principal with the Chatterjee Group, an affiliate of Soros Fund Management. During these years, Arvind led private equity, venture capital and strategic public investments in wireless telecommunications, internet, satellites, application software and IT services worldwide.
 
Earlier, while at McKinsey & Co, Arvind specialized in the IT, telecom and electronics sector, providing strategic counsel to high-tech clients on new business entry and development strategies, acquisitions, alliances, product marketing and distribution strategies.
 
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