Prashant R. Khemka | |
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Occupation | Business Executive |
Known for | Investment Management |
Prashant R. Khemka is a CFA, the founder and managing director of WhiteOak Capital Management, and the former CIO of emerging market equities for Goldman Sachs.
Early life and career
Born on 4 November 1971, in Mumbai, India, Khemka obtained an MBA in Finance from the Owen Graduate School of Management under Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1988.
He started his professional career at State Street Global Advisors in Boston.
Life at Goldman Sachs Asset Management
In 2000, Khekma joined Goldman Sachs as an equity analyst and was co-chairing an equity fund worth $30 billion within four years.
After returning to India in 2006, he started managing Goldman Sachs India Equity which received a AAA rating from Citywire. Under Khemka, Goldman's Global Emerging Markets (GEM) Equity grew from less than $500 million to more than $2.6 billion.
In 2017, Khemka quit Goldman Sachs India to launch his own Mumbai-based firm, White Oak Capital Management.
Personal life
Prashant Khemka is married to Ritu Khemka and has three children. He is an avid cricket fan and was a chess enthusiast in college.
Sources
- ^ Asia, bloomberg. "2021 a Year of Normalization for India: White Oak Capital". www.chelseafs.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- Reuters Editorial. "No end in sight to India's growth boom - Goldman". IN. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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has generic name (help) - Education, vanderbilt. "FROM ENGINEERING TO EQUITIES". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- Blogs, pmsbazaar. "From GoldmanSachs to WhiteOak Why Prashant Khemka Remains A 100 Percent Equity Advocate". www.gsamequityconversations.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- Business, TheIndianWire. "Prashant Khemka quits Goldman Sachs; to launch his own fund". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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has generic name (help) - Education, Vanderbilt. "FROM ENGINEERING TO EQUITIES". Vanderbilt. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- Chauhan, Prithviraj (30 May 2013). "Prashant Khemka quits Goldman Sachs; to launch his own fund". The Indian Wire. Retrieved 11 November 2018.