Gunjan Kedia
Chief Executive Officer of US Bancorp
Gunjan Kedia (born January 1971) is an Indian American banker. She is the current chief executive officer (CEO) of U.S. Bancorp, the fifth-largest bank in the United States.2
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Born Jan 1971.1
About
Her appointment as CEO made her one of the few female CEOs in the American financial sector.
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Companies
- U.S. BancorpChief executive officer Apr 2025 to now14
- U.S. BancorpBoard member Mar 3, 2025 to now15
- U.S. BancorpPresident May 7, 2024 to now16
- U.S. BancorpVice chair Dec 13, 2016 to Mar 6, 202417
Early life and education
- Date not recordedCarnegie Mellon University Master of Business Administration3 4
- Date not recordedDelhi Technological University bachelor's degree3 4
Kedia was born in Delhi, India in January 1971. She obtained a bachelor's degree in engineering from the Delhi Technological University. She then completed an MBA at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. Kedia earned both degrees with distinction.
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Career
Occupation: banker.9
- Since 2025Chief executive, U.S. Bancorp7
- Since 2025Chief executive officer4 8
- Since 2016Worked at U.S. Bancorp5 6
- Since 2004Worked at The Bank of New York Mellon4 5
- Date not recordedWorked at PricewaterhouseCoopers4 5
Early career
Kedia began working for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). She became a senior associate and held a core leadership position in its financial services division. She then moved to McKinsey & Co., where she also became a partner. Kedia then transitioned to banking leadership with roles at Bank of New York Mellon and State Street before joining U.S. Bank.
Banking career
By 2004, Kedia transferred to Bank of New York Mellon and worked as executive vice president and head of the company's global product management division. She also served as the executive vice president and head of the investment servicing business in the Americas at Boston’s State Street Corporation.
Kedia started working for U.S. Bancorp in 2016, and led the revenue lines. In 2024, she was promoted as president and vice-chair of the bank's wealth, corporate, commercial, and institutional banking. She was appointed CEO in April 2025, succeeding Andrew Cecere. In an interview, Kedia maintained that deals would form an important part of the bank's strategy under her leadership.
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Board memberships
Kedia serves on the boards of PBS, Business Advisors for Carnegie Mellon Business School, Junior Achievement USA, and CorStone. For her work, she earned several recognitions, such as her inclusion to the 2025 American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance list, and Barron's 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance.
In January 2026, U.S. Bancorp announced that Kedia would become chair of the company’s board of directors in April 2026, succeeding executive chairman Andy Cecere, who will retire from the board at that time.
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Personal life
Kedia is married to Sridhar Tayur, a social entrepreneur and investor. They have 2 sons. He founded startups, including SmartOps and OrganJet, before working in the academia. He joined Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business as a professor.
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- 1WikidataGunjan Kedia on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaGunjan Kedia on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikidataeducation, as reported
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- 11Wikidataplace of birth, as reported
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- 14Wikidata and SEC EDGARU.S. Bancorp, Chief executive officer
- 15SEC EDGARU.S. Bancorp, Board member
- 16SEC EDGARU.S. Bancorp, President
- 17SEC EDGARU.S. Bancorp, Vice chair