Kumar Mahadeva | |
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Born | |
Education | Harvard Business School, 1978 [1] |
Employer | Cognizant |
Office | Chief Executive Officer |
Term | 1994–2003 |
Successor | Lakshmi Narayanan |
Wijeyaraj Kumar Mahadeva ( Tamil: குமார் மகாதேவா) is a Sri Lankan American businessman. He is the founder, and original chairman and chief executive officer (CEO), of Cognizant Technology Solutions. [2] He was the CEO of Cognizant from 1994 to 2003 [3] and was succeeded by Lakshmi Narayanan. Kumar held senior positions at the BBC, McKinsey, AT&T, and Dun & Bradstreet. [4] He is a member of the Sri Lankan Tamil Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy family, the son of Deshamanya Baku Mahadeva, a Sri Lankan civil servant who served as chairman of various banks, companies, commissions, and boards.