Anil Kapoor

President & CEO, SVAM International

As president, chief executive and co-founder of SVAM International, Anil Kapoor has over the past two decades grown a small Great Neck software and business-process firm into a global consultancy with an A-list client base. Born in New Delhi, Kapoor and three pals immigrated to the United States in 1994 with the dream of starting a global IT company. As president and chief executive, and the only co-founder to remain active with the company, Kapoor oversees worldwide operations including sales, marketing, development, finance and professional services. Under his leadership, SVAM has completed successful strategic-planning engagements with such clients as Deutsche Bank, HSBC, and Long Island Bus. It has handled significant offshore contracts for leading technology companies including Motorola, IFF, SonicWall, RF Technologies, and Posit Science. Prior to SVAM, Kapoor held a series of increasingly-responsible positions in Management Information Systems, financial controls and auditing at AJ Maxwell, Travel House, Weston electronics, Everest Building Products (a Turn & Newell subsidiary) and PR Mehra & Co, chartered accountants. Kapoor is actively involved with the Long Island Angels investor group and currently serves on the boards of the Long Island Association, ListNet and the American Diversity Forum. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from New Delhi University in India. Indian journalist Gurinder Dua describes Kapoor as an entrepreneur par excellence” whose “zeal and passion to make things happen against all odds is infectious.”