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Suresh Kalpathi

Kalpathi S. Suresh is the Chairman and Chief Executive officer of Kalpathi Investments Private Limited, an investment firm established by the Kalpathi family in 2007. At Kalpathi Investments, Suresh leads a team of seasoned professionals and aims at fostering innovation driven endeavors in industries and markets that takes advantage of growing globalization.

Suresh had founded SSI Limited in the year 1991 along with his two brothers and was the Chairman & CEO of SSI until he ceded management control of the company in December 2007. He had been instrumental in growing the company from an IT training provider in Chennai to a global provider of education, consulting and software services. He was closely involved in all strategic initiatives at SSI.

Suresh is a member of the Chennai Chapter of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce and was a finalist at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for India in 1999.

Suresh has a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, and a Master’s from Clemson University, South Carolina. He has previously worked with Siemens and HCL. He has over 20 years of experience in the Information Technology Industry. Suresh is a fitness enthusiast and a marathon runner.

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