Dhiraj Rajaram


Dhiraj C Rajaram is an Indian entrepreneur and the founder, chairman and CEO of Mu Sigma Inc, a provider of analytics and decision sciences solutions. He was born in 1975 Chennai, India and brought up in Bengaluru, India.

Early years

Rajaram completed his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, M.S. in computer engineering from Wayne State University Michigan and MBA from Booth School of Business University of Chicago.
After completing his education, Rajaram worked as a management consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Booz Allen Hamilton in the US.

Mu Sigma

After quitting his job at Booz Allen Hamilton, Rajaram started the data analytics and decision sciences company Mu Sigma Inc. in Bengaluru, Karnataka, 2004.The company provides solutions to over 125 Fortune 500 companies. Mu Sigma is also known to have a culture which is responsive to change. In 2016, Fortune named Mu Sigma to the "Unicorn" category - a technology startup valued at more than US$1B.

Recognition

Rajaram was listed as one of Fortune Magazine's "40 under 40" in 2011 and 2013. In 2012 he was awarded the "Entrepreneur Of The Year India" award in Services sector by Ernst and Young India.. In early 2014, Rajaram was awarded the Young Turk award at the CNBC TV18 India Business Leaders Awards.

Personal life

Rajaram married his engineering college friend Ambiga at the age of 21 and they have a son named Akash. The couple split in 2016. He currently lives in Bangalore.