Kumar Mahadeva

Sri Lankan businessman

Wijeyaraj Kumar Mahadeva (Tamil: குமார் மகாதேவா) is a Sri Lankan American businessman. He is the founding chairman and chief executive officer of Cognizant Technology Solutions.2

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About

He was the CEO of Cognizant from 1994 to 2003 and was succeeded by Lakshmi Narayanan. Kumar held senior positions at the BBC, McKinsey, AT&T, and Dun & Bradstreet. He is a member of the Sri Lankan Tamil Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy family, the son of Deshamanya Baku Mahadeva, a Sri Lankan civil servant who served as chairman of various banks, companies, commissions, and boards.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedHarvard Business School3

Career

Occupation: businessperson.5

Personal life

  • BornSri Lanka6
  • CitizenshipUnited States7

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