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Ajay Banga

1959 - Today

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Ajaypal Singh "Ajay" Banga (born November 10, 1959) is an Indian American business executive. He is the president of the World Bank Group. He was the executive chairman of Mastercard, after having previously been president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the company from July 2010 until December 31, 2020. He retired from this position on December 31, 2021, and joined General Atlantic as its vice chairman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ajay Banga is the 182nd most popular businessperson (up from 618th in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from India (up from 773rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ajay Banga ranks 182 out of 847. Before him are Bernard Baruch, Alisher Usmanov, Amschel Mayer Rothschild, Sheldon Adelson, Walter Chrysler, and Ambroise Vollard. After him are Paul Elvstrøm, James Mayer de Rothschild, Sung Jae-gi, Lady Bird Johnson, Giovanni Battista Caproni, and Henry Ford II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Ajay Banga ranks 69. Before him are Nina Hartley, Li Qiang, Charlie Murphy, Youssou N'Dour, Boyko Borisov, and William Lai. After him are Ving Rhames, Mauricio Funes, Frank Darabont, Sam Raimi, Byung-Chul Han, and Nirmala Sitharaman.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ajay Banga ranks 233 out of 1,861. Before him are Shilpa Shetty (1975), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Rajkumar (1929), Birbal (1528), Kamala Sohonie (1912), and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883). After him are Jayadeva (1170), Kailash Satyarthi (1954), Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905), B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), S. R. Ranganathan (1892), and Amrit Kaur (1889).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In India

Among businesspeople born in India, Ajay Banga ranks 6. Before him are Jamsetji Tata (1839), N. R. Narayana Murthy (1946), Lakshmi Mittal (1950), Ratan Tata (1937), and Chandrashekhar Agashe (1888). After him are Dhirubhai Ambani (1932), Sundar Pichai (1972), Satya Nadella (1967), Arvind Krishna (1962), Akshata Murty (1980), and Azim Premji (1945).

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