{{short description|Chief Executive Officer of US Bancorp}}{{Infobox person | name = Gunjan Kedia | image = | caption = |birth_date = January 1971 | birth_place = Delhi, India |alma_mater = Delhi Technological University<br>Carnegie Mellon University | occupation = Banker | years_active = | title = Chief Executive Officer of US Bancorp | spouse = Sridhar Tayur |children = 2 }}
'''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. Her appointment as CEO made her one of the few female CEOs in the American financial sector.<ref name="biswas">Biswas, Pritam (2025). "US Bancorp President Gunjan Kedia to become its first female CEO". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/president-gunjan-kedia-become-us-bancorp-ceo-2025-01-28/</ref> ==Early life and education== Kedia was born in Delhi, India in January 1971. She obtained a bachelor's degree in engineering from the Delhi Technological University.<ref name=whois>"Who is Gunjan Kedia, US Bancorp's First Indian-American CEO?". Business North East. January 30, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025</ref> She then completed an MBA at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.<ref>Kumar, Arun (2022). "Six Indian Americans among 100 Most Influential Women in US Finance". The American Bazaar. https://americanbazaaronline.com/2022/03/08/six-indian-americans-among-100-most-influential-women-in-us-finance-448889/</ref> Kedia earned both degrees with distinction.
==Career==
=== Early career === Kedia began working for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). She became a senior associate and held a core leadership position in its financial services division.<ref name="mullen">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Bank promotes Kedia to president {{!}} Banking Dive |url=https://www.bankingdive.com/news/us-bank-promotes-president-gunjan-kedia-andy-cecere-ceo-succession/715246/ |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=www.bankingdive.com |language=en-US}}</ref> She then moved to McKinsey & Co., where she also became a partner. She had accumulated a three-decade career in these consultancy firms before she transitioned to banking.<ref name="mullen" />
=== 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.<ref name="gunjan">"Gunjan Kedia". About PBS - PBS Board. PBS. https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/board-directors/gunjan-kedia/</ref>
Kedia started working for U.S. Bancorp in 2016, and led the revenue lines.<ref name=biswas/> In 2024, she was promoted as president and vice-chair of the bank's wealth, corporate, commercial, and institutional banking.<ref name=mullen/> She was appointed CEO in April 2025, succeeding Andrew Cecere.<ref>Pringle, Eleanor. "The Fortune500 gains another female CEO next month as Gunjan Kedia takes on U.S. Bank: The risks in her inbox range from tariffs to wild fires". Fortune. https://fortune.com/2025/03/11/us-bancorp-new-ceo-gunjan-kedia-risks-tariffs-wild-fires/</ref> In an interview, Kedia maintained that deals would form an important part of the bank's strategy under her leadership.<ref>Heeb, Gina (2025). "U.S. Bancorp Names Gunjan Kedia CEO, Succeeding Andy Cecere". The Wall Street Journal</ref>
=== Board memberships === Kedia serves on the boards of PBS, Business Advisors for Carnegie Mellon Business School, Junior Achievement USA, and CorStone.<ref name=gunjan/> 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,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-07 |title=The Most Powerful Women in Banking, No. 4, Gunjan Kedia, U.S. Bank |url=https://www.americanbanker.com/news/2025-the-most-powerful-women-in-banking-no-4-gunjan-kedia-u-s-bank |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=American Banker |language=en}}</ref> and Barron's 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance.<ref name=whois/>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-28 |title=U.S. Bancorp CEO Kedia will add board chair title in April |url=https://www.americanbanker.com/news/u-s-bancorp-says-ceo-kedia-will-add-board-chair-title |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=American Banker |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Kedia is married to Sridhar Tayur, a social entrepreneur and investor. They have 2 sons.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/look/20080925.htm | title= Fundraiser for Obama in Pittsburgh | date = September 25, 2008 | access-date= July 1, 2015 }}</ref> 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.<ref>Sollmann, Kathryn (2025-01-02). The 4 Jobs Club: How Smart Women Care for It All: Kids, Aging Parents, Home and Career. John Murray Press. ISBN 978-1-3998-1856-8</ref>
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