Deven Sharma (born 1956 in Jharkhand) is an Indian businessman.
Deven Sharma | |
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| Born | 1956 (age 67–68) |
| Alma mater | De Nobili School, FRI Birla Institute of Technology University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Ohio State University |
| Occupation | President of Standard & Poor's |
| Board member of | CRISIL Ltd |
Biography
editEarly life and education
editSharma attended De Nobili School, FRI, Digwadih, Dhanbad.[1] He received his Bachelor's Degree from Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India, a Master's Degree from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and a Doctoral degree in Business Management from Ohio State University.[2]
Career
editHe was named president of Standard & Poor's in August 2007. In August 2011, he announced that he would step down from the position of president later in the year.[3]
Sharma serves on the boards of CRISIL, The US-China Business Council[4] and Asia Society Business Council. He served as a Director of 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. from 12 May 2005 to 16 March 2007.[citation needed]
Deven Sharma became the public face of the firm in the wake of its downgrade of the United States' long-term debt rating on 5 August 2011.[5] According to Reuters News Service,[6] S&P announced on 23 August 2011 that Deven Sharma would step down as a Chief of Standard & Poor's effective 12 September 2011, and would leave the company by the end of the year.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Deven Sharma, a Nobilian, is the new boss of S&P". Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ "Deven Sharma, President of Standard & Poor's". Bloomberg's Business Week. 8 May 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ^ "Standard & Poor's President to Step Down". The New York Times. 22 August 2011.
- ^ "Officers and Directors". The US-China Business Council. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ^ "Home | S&P Global Ratings". [failed verification]
- ^ "S&P replaces president with Citibank exec after U.S. downgrade". Reuters. 23 August 2011.
External links
edit- Standard & Poor's, Management Bios
- Profile at SEC Roundtable
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Business profile[dead link] at Bloomberg Businessweek
- When Wall Street Nearly Collapsed, Deven Sharma, CNN Money, 2009
- Deven Sharma to head S&P, Corbet quits
- "Why Ratings Requirements Don’t Make Sense" WSJ 2010, Op-Ed by Deven Sharma
- "Q.&A. With S&P’s President on the State of Ratings" NYT 2010