Vivek Yeshwant Ranadivé (/viːˈvɛk ˌrʌnəˈdɪveɪ/ vee-VEK RUN-ə-DIV-ay; born 7 October 1957) is an Indian-American business executive, engineer, author, speaker and philanthropist.
Ranadivé grew up in the Juhu area of Mumbai, India, and was the youngest of three children, in a Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu family.
[12] After earning bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from MIT,[6] he obtained an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1983.
[17] In 2016, Ranadivé founded Bow Capital,[18] an early-stage startup investment firm in partnership with the University of California Regents.
[22] On 21 March 2013, it was announced that Ranadivé had joined Ronald Burkle and Mark Mastrov to attempt to purchase the Sacramento Kings.
[25] Ranadivé made waves in 2014 when he proposed a style of play that included his team keeping one player on offense the entire time, creating a 4-on-5 defense on the other end.