Bharat Desai

Founded Syntel with wife, Neerja Sethi

Born in Kenya, moved to India at age 11. Studied engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, moved to U.S. in 1976 for programming job at Tata Consultancy Services. Founded Syntel with wife, Neerja Sethi, while earning M.B.A. from U. of Michigan. Took company public 1997. Today firm outsources client's information technology and business process operations overseas, mostly to Asia. Sales now $340 million. Adding capacity in India. Company's stock down 10% since last August. Family owns close to 30 million shares worth $900 million. Cardplayer represented India in bridge world championship 1995.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Board Memberships

Harvard Kennedy School Graduate school of government at Harvard; John F. Kennedy School of Government

• Dean's Council member

Positions

Syntel IT consulting and outsourcing

• Founder and Chairman

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Patrick Murphy Former US Representative from Florida (2013-2017)

• 4 contributions · 10,500 USD ('12→Jun 24 '16)

Ro Khanna US Representative (D) from California

• 4 contributions · 10,500 USD ('11→Jun 25 '16)

Sander Martin Levin Former US Representative from Michigan (1983-2019)

• 6 contributions · 9,300 USD ('96→Oct 18 '16)

Paul Ryan Former US Representative from Wisconsin

• 3 contributions · 7,700 USD ('10→Oct 17 '16)

Michigan Republican Party Michigan Republican Party

• 2 contributions · 6,000 USD ('96→'00)

Tulsi Gabbard former Hawaii Congresswoman, 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate

• 2 contributions · 5,300 USD (Oct 16 '14→Jun 24 '16)

Dave Camp former US Representative from Michigan

• 2 contributions · 4,900 USD ('10→Oct 22 '12)

Michael J Bouchard Sheriff of Oakland County, and frequent Republican candidate for state wide office

• 2 contributions · 4,200 USD ('05→Dec 16 '05)

Mark Warner US Senator from Virginia (2009-present); former Governor of Virginia

• 2 contributions · 3,600 USD ('08→Oct 22 '14)

Rubio Victory Cmte

• 1 contribution · 3,000 USD (Apr 30 '14)

Family

Neerja Sethi With her husband Bharat Desai started Syntel, an IT consulting and outsourcing firm, in 1980

• wife

Schools

Indian Institute of Technology

• Bachelor of Arts / Science

University of Michigan A public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Master of Business Administration