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Rajveer (Raj) Kushwaha

Managing Director, Value Creation Head & Chief Digital Officer at Warburg Pincus LLC

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Rajveer Kushwaha serves as Managing Director, Value Creation Head & Chief Digital Officer at Warburg Pincus LLC[1][2]. Kushwaha joined Warburg Pincus in 2012 and leads the firm's global Value Creation team while overseeing product and technology diligence for prospective investments, directing the firm's generative AI efforts across its portfolio, and working with existing portfolio companies[2]. Kushwaha is also a member of Warburg Pincus's Executive Management Group[2] and serves as a Board Member at Nutrien[4]. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, Kushwaha held positions including CIO & Head of Digital Transformation at Zimmer Holdings[5], Vice President of Digital Transformation at Dell[6], VP & CIO Enterprise Transformation at PepsiCo[7], and Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer at First Data Corp[8]. Kushwaha holds an MBA in Marketing from Wisconsin School of Business[13], an MS in Management of Technology from MIT Sloan School of Management[12], and an AMP in Management from Harvard Business School[11].

Profile introduction
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Raj Kushwaha joined Warburg Pincus in 2012 and serves as Global head of the Value Creation team. In addition to providing oversight for the value creation function, as the firm’s Chief Digital Officer, Raj is also responsible for product and technology diligence with prospective investments, leads firms GenAI efforts across the portfolio, and oversees ongoing work with the firm’s existing portfolio companies. Raj is also a member of the firm’s Executive Management Group. His work with portfolio companies is focused on identifying opportunities to leverage AI/ML and GenAI enabled digital str…

Career history

  1. Managing Director, Value Creation Head & Chief Digital OfficerJul 2012 to presentWarburg Pincus
  2. Board MemberApr 2021 to presentNutrien
  3. CIO & Head of Digital TransformationNov 2009 to Jul 2012Zimmer Holdings
  4. Vice President, Digital Transformation - Global ServicesMar 2007 to Nov 2009Dell
  5. VP & CIO Enterprise Transformation2004 to 2007PepsiCo
  6. Managing Director, Chief Strategy Officer & CTO2001 to 2004First Data Corp.
  7. Senior Director, Technology & Strategy - Dell OnlineJun 1999 to 2001Dell Inc
  8. CIO & Head - Embedded Software Businesses & Industrial Business Unit Technology1996 to 1999Cummins Engine Company
  9. Managing Director, Value Creation Head & Chief Digital OfficerWarburg Pincus LLC

Education

  1. AMP, ManagementHarvard Business School
  2. MSMS, Management of TechnologyMIT Sloan School of Management
  3. MBA, MarketingWisconsin School of Business

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