Renuka Ramnath
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Renuka Ramnath, a private equity investment manager, pioneered the establishment of ICICI Eco-Net Limited, a company promoted by the ICICI Bank
, the second largest bank of India. ICICI Eco-net was re-structured to merge with ICICI Venture, a company floated in 1988 as a joint venture between the ICICI Limited and the Unit Trust of India.
Ramnath has been the Managing Director & CEO of ICICI Venture since 2001. Under her leadership, ICICI Venture manages an aggregate corpus of $2,000,000,000 in private equity, buyouts, real estate and mezzanine assets.
During her career spanning over 20 years with the ICICI Group, Renuka has spearheaded various business initiatives. She began her career at the Merchant Banking division of ICICI and then headed the Corporate Finance and Equities businesses at ICICI Securities, an investment banking JV between ICICI and JP Morgan. She moved back to ICICI in 1997 to set up the Structured Finance business.
In 2000, she spearheaded the e-Commerce initiatives for the ICICI Bank group and built a solid foundation spanning the entire B2B, B2C and technology opportunities. Under her leadership, ICICI Venture has raised India Advantage Fund Series 2, a growth capital and buyout fund with a corpus of USD 810 million which is currently India's largest private equity fund. In 2005, ICICI raised a $550,000,000 real estate investment fund (REIT), one of India's largest REITs.
She has been profiled and included in many prestigious lists including the Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Indian Business (Business Today) and recently in the India's Most Powerful CEOs (Economic Times).
Ramnath is a graduate in Engineering from the prestigious Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute
(VJTI), Mumbai and holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Bombay. She also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School
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ICICI Bank
ICICI Bank Ltd. is India's second largest financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and through its specialised subsidiaries in the areas of...
, the second largest bank of India. ICICI Eco-net was re-structured to merge with ICICI Venture, a company floated in 1988 as a joint venture between the ICICI Limited and the Unit Trust of India.
Ramnath has been the Managing Director & CEO of ICICI Venture since 2001. Under her leadership, ICICI Venture manages an aggregate corpus of $2,000,000,000 in private equity, buyouts, real estate and mezzanine assets.
During her career spanning over 20 years with the ICICI Group, Renuka has spearheaded various business initiatives. She began her career at the Merchant Banking division of ICICI and then headed the Corporate Finance and Equities businesses at ICICI Securities, an investment banking JV between ICICI and JP Morgan. She moved back to ICICI in 1997 to set up the Structured Finance business.
In 2000, she spearheaded the e-Commerce initiatives for the ICICI Bank group and built a solid foundation spanning the entire B2B, B2C and technology opportunities. Under her leadership, ICICI Venture has raised India Advantage Fund Series 2, a growth capital and buyout fund with a corpus of USD 810 million which is currently India's largest private equity fund. In 2005, ICICI raised a $550,000,000 real estate investment fund (REIT), one of India's largest REITs.
She has been profiled and included in many prestigious lists including the Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Indian Business (Business Today) and recently in the India's Most Powerful CEOs (Economic Times).
Ramnath is a graduate in Engineering from the prestigious Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute is a premier regional engineering and technical institute, located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and one of the oldest engineering colleges in Asia.India has 26 states. Founded in 1887, it was previously known as the Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute,...
(VJTI), Mumbai and holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Bombay. She also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
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