Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Hindi:राजीव चंद्रशेखर Urdu:راجیو چندرشیخر) is an Indian businessman and presently serves as an Independent member of the Parliament of India representing Karnataka and Bangalore Urban in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Chandrasekhar is believed to be worth $1 billion.

His accomplishments include being a CPU Architect in the Intel Pentium design team and was one of the members of the team that designed the architecture of the then path breaking micro processor, founding BPL Mobile in India, and currently runs Jupiter Capital, a venture development, management and investment company focusing on infrastructure, Aviation, Entertainment and Technology ventures.

Chandrasekhar received a bachelor's degree from Manipal Institute of Technology,Manipal and a master's degree in computer science in 1988 from Illinois Institute of Technology. He married the daughter of the founder of BPL Group.

Entrepreneur, Member of Parliament - Rajya Sabha, Member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, Member of Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Finance, Member of Parliamentary Forum on Youth, Co-Chairman – Vigilance & Monitoring Committee of Bangalore Urban District, Convenor – Agenda for Bengaluru Infrastructure and Development (ABIDe) Task Force, Chairman - National Military Memorial, Bengaluru, Founder – Flags of Honour Foundation and Past President, FICCI - Rajeev Chandrasekhar has...
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