N.V. "Tiger" Tyagarajan, President and CEO, Genpact

N.V. "Tiger" Tyagarajan, President and CEO of Genpact, is credited as one of the pioneers who transformed a division of GE (GE Capital International Services) into Genpact, a leading business process management and technology services company with $2.1 billion in annual revenues. With more than 66,000 employees across 25 countries, Genpact designs, transforms, and runs intelligent business operations for more than 800 clients worldwide. Based on the company's GE heritage and Lean and Six Sigma DNA, Tyagarajan spearheaded the development of Genpact's Smart Enterprise Processes proprietary framework for making business processes more effective and driving transformation for global enterprises. He began his career with the Unilever Group and Citibank in India before joining GE Capital in 1994 as head of Risk in India. He went on to become CEO for GE Capital's Global Consumer Finance and Auto Financial Services operations in India and CEO of GE Capital International Services. In 2002, he transferred within GE to the Global Commercial Lending Businesses in the U.S. as global head of Six Sigma and Global Operations before rejoining Genpact in 2005 as executive vice president, Sales, Marketing and M&A. He was named CEO in June 2011.Tyagarajan has a degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, and an MBA, majoring in finance and marketing, from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.