About Jayant Sinha and Punita Kumar-Sinha

For some time I was getting highly impressed with Jayant Sinha, MOS Finance, while watching him talk on TV. Not only he appeared extremely knowledgeable in finance and economics but his 'positive' attitude attracted most. I was curious to know more about him, so I searched on the net and here is what I find: 

Jayant Sinha is an MBA with distinction from the Harvard Business School; an M.S. in Energy Management & Policy from the University of Pennsylvania; and a B.Tech. with distinction from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. Sinha has over 25 years of experience as an investor and strategy consultant; including 12 years with McKinsey & Company as a partner in the Boston and Delhi offices. At McKinsey, Sinha co-led the global Software and IT Services practice. He was earlier Managing Director at Courage Capital, a global special situations hedge fund. 

Jayant Sinha is married to Punita Sinha, an investment manager and former Senior Managing Director at The Blackstone Group. You may find Jayant Sinha as an atypical Bihari. I think we should credit PM Narendra Modi for finding out a gem in him and giving us an atypical Politician and atypical Minister!

Some more about Punita Kumar-Sinha; Jayant Sinha's wife - who herself is one of the high-flying achievers from India. She was born in a Delhi based joint family and was competitive athlete in high school. Punita and Jayant met each other in college as both were classmates at IIT Delhi. 

After Punita completed BTech in Chemical Engg from IIT, she did not get a job in the field since not many chemical companies took women in the hazardous industry. She joined Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and completed Masters in Finance and PhD from there. She is also a CFA Charter holder. She ran $2 billion-plus India fund for private equity giant Blackstone Group and posted 27% annualized return over 10 years. As of now Punita Kumar-Sinha is the Founder and Managing Partner of Pacific Paradigm Advisors and member of Board of multiple companies; prior to that she was Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group and Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone Asia Advisors. 

She is a popular face on TV and finance channels. She loves to swim, dance, and do yoga; and is spiritually inclined. She recites Hanuman Chalisa and Devi mantras and also follows rituals like observing Navratri and Karva Chauth. Punita and Jayant Sinha have two children. She has been breaking stereotypes all through her life. At IIT, she was among just 4 girls in a batch of 250! When she went to do PhD in Finance after MBA, she was the only woman in her class!

- Rahul