C. S. Venkatakrishnan | |
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| Born | January 1966 (age 59) Mysore, Karnataka, India |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Title | CEO,Barclays |
| Term | November 2021- |
| Predecessor | Jes Staley |
| Children | 3 |
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| Thesis | Analysis and optimization of terminal area air traffic control operations (1991) |
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Coimbatore Sundararajan Venkatakrishnan, also known asVenkat, is anAmerican banker. He replacedJes Staley as thegroupchief executive (CEO) of the British multinational bankBarclays in November 2021.[1][2]
Venkat was born inMysore,India in January 1966.[2][3] He earned bachelor's, master's and PhD degrees inoperations research from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology.[4][5] His 1991 thesis was entitled "Analysis and Optimization of Terminal Area Air Traffic Control Operations".[6]
Venkat worked forJPMorgan Chase from 1994 to 2016, where he held senior positions in asset management, investment banking, and in risk, rising to chief investment officer for global fixed income, responsible for about US$200 billion in assets.[1] He joined Barclays in 2016 as chief risk officer, before becoming head of global markets and co-president of BBPLC in October 2020.[1]
Venkat left JPMorgan for Barclays in early 2016, and was among the first people Staley hired when he became CEO of the bank.[7] Venkat was initially the bank's chief risk officer.[8] Venkat had been head of global markets for Barclays, and succeededJes Staley with immediate effect after Barclays was notified of the preliminary results from an investigation by theFinancial Conduct Authority (FCA) and thePrudential Regulation Authority into "how Staley had characterised his relationship with [Jeffrey]Epstein to Barclays".[9]
Venkat is based in London.[4] He was diagnosed withnon-Hodgkin lymphoma in November 2022, and continued to work while being treated.[10] He is in remission after completing the treatment in March 2023.[11] Venkat is married and has three children, all daughters, who he raised in the suburbs of New York.[12]
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| Preceded by | Group Chief Executive ofBarclays plc 1 November 2021 – present | Incumbent |
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