{{Short description|Businessman}} {{for|the Indian cricketer|Bharat Desai (cricketer)}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2010}} {{Infobox person | name = Bharat Desai | native_name = ભરત દેસાઈ | native_name_lang = gu | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1952|11}} | birth_place = Kenya | alma_mater = University of Michigan<br/>Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay | occupation = Chairman of Syntel | spouse = Neerja Sethi | children = 2 }}
'''Bharat Desai''' (Gujarati: ભરત દેસાઈ; born November 1952) is an American billionaire businessman, and the co-founder and chairman of Syntel.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/indian-american-couple-make-2-billion-from-sale-of-firm/articleshow/65110957.cms|title=Indian-American couple make $2 billion from sale of firm|website=The Times of India |date=24 July 2018 }}</ref>
== Early life == Bharat Desai was born in November 1952,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/1WJ-YaBrbSavTcdgiaGHhXz0pEI/appointments|title=Bharat DESAI - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|author=|date=|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|accessdate=22 February 2018}}</ref> in Kenya.{{cn|date=March 2024}} He is of Gujarati Indian origin.<ref name=itn>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/business/india/top-10-gujarati-billionaires-3732.html?page=8|title=Top 10 Gujarati billionaires|date=2015-08-01|publisher=India TV News}}</ref> In his childhood, he lived in Mombasa and Ahmedabad.{{cn|date=March 2024}} Desai received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay{{cn|date=March 2024}} and an MBA in finance from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business.<ref name=Syntel>{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://investor.syntelinc.com/directors.cfm|website=Syntel|accessdate=27 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610221033/http://investor.syntelinc.com/directors.cfm|archive-date=10 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Syntel founder Bharat Desai to fund new entrepreneurship centre at IIT Bombay|url=https://www.firstpost.com/business/startups-business/syntel-founder-bharat-desai-to-fund-new-entrepreneurship-centre-at-iit-bombay-1956871.html|work=FirstPost|date=4 February 2014 }}</ref>
== Career == Desai co-founded Syntel, with his wife Neerja Sethi, of which he is the chairman.<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web|title=Bharat Desai|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/bharat-desai/|website=Forbes|accessdate=22 February 2018}}</ref>
Desai is a board member of several educational institutions, including the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
== Personal life == He is married to Neerja Sethi, and they have two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/neerja-sethi/|title=Neerja Sethi|author=|date=|website=forbes.com|accessdate=22 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mel45hhdm/bharat-desai-neerja-sethi/#5ad70f3d22d8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028080222/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mel45hhdm/bharat-desai-neerja-sethi/#5ad70f3d22d8|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 28, 2014|title=Bharat Desai & Neerja Sethi - pg.7|first=Luisa|last=Kroll|date=|website=Forbes|accessdate=22 February 2018}}</ref>
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