Mala_Gaonkar

Mala Gaonkar

Mala Gaonkar

American businesswoman

Mala Gopal Gaonkar (born November 1969) is an American businesswoman, former portfolio manager at investment firm Lone Pine Capital, and the head of hedge fund SurgoCap Partners.[1][2]

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Early life and education

Gaonkar was born in November 1969[3] in the U.S. and mostly raised in Bengaluru, India.[4][2] She earned a degree from Harvard College in 1991, then an MBA from Harvard Business School[1] in 1996.[5]

Career

Gaonkar was a founding partner of investment firm Lone Pine Capital, where she worked for 23 years and was a portfolio manager.[2] After graduating from Harvard College, she worked for Boston Consulting Group and completed her MBA at Harvard Business School before Lone Pine's inception in 1998.

In 2015, Gaonkar along with co founder Sema Sgaier founded the Surgo Foundation, with the aim of using data science to solve public health problems. In 2020, Gaonkar co founded the nonprofit Surgo Ventures to further the same cause.[2][6]

In 2022, she left Lone Pine Capital and started SurgoCap Partners, a hedge fund which was launched on January 3, 2023, managing $1.8 billion. This was the largest-ever debut of a hedge fund run by a woman.[2]

As an author, she collaborated with David Byrne in 2016 to create a guided immersive theater performance, "Theater of the Mind".[7][8]

She is a published short story writer and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.[9][10]

She is a member of the boards of directors of Surgo Ventures and Surgo Health and a trustee of Tate Foundation and the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. She previously served as a trustee of Ariadne Labs, Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), RAND, and as a member of Harvard’s Global Advisory Council.[11][1]

Personal life

Gaonkar was formerly married to businessman Oliver Haarmann.[9] They have two sons.[4][12] Gaonkar has taken the Giving Pledge.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Tate - Board of Trustees - Mala Gaonkar". Tate. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Hedge Fund Debuts With $1.8 Billion in Biggest Female-Led Launch". Bloomberg.com. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Mala Gopal Gaonkar - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  4. [4]
    Comita, Jenny (24 May 2017). "Meet Mala Gaonkar and Sema Sgaier, the Women Troubleshooting the World's Crises". W Magazine.
  5. [5]
    "ALUMNA LEADS BIGGEST EVER DEBUT FOR A WOMAN-LED HEDGE FUND". Harvard Business School. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Getting to know Mala Gaonkar, the woman behind the biggest launch of a hedge fund". lifestyleasia.com. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  7. [7]
    "David Byrne Will Debut New Immersive Theatrical Experience, Neurosociety". 5 October 2016.
  8. [8]
    Take a Trip Through David Byrne’s Mind Smithsonian Magazine. Access February 9, 2023.
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    Getting to know Mala Gaonkar, the woman behind the biggest launch of a hedge fund Lifestyle Asia. Access February 9, 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Contributors". American Short Fiction. 24 (74). Fall 2021.
  11. [11]
    "Mala Gaonkar - Trustee". Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  12. [12]
    "Tate: Appointment of Mala Gaonkar" (PDF). Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. 8 March 2010.
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