Orit Gadiesh

Orit Gadiesh
Orit Gadiesh

Orit Gadiesh at the 2007 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Born January 31, 1951 (age 60)[1]
Haifa, Israel[2]
Citizenship Israeli
United States
Alma mater Hebrew University (B.A)
Harvard Business School [3](M.B.A)
Occupation Management consultant
Employer Chairman,
Bain & Company
Spouse Grenville Byford

Orit Gadiesh (Hebrew: אורית גדיש‎) is an Israeli-American corporate strategist and chairwoman of Bain & Company, a leading global management consulting firm.

Biography

Gadiesh was born in Haifa, Israel in 1951, the daughter of an Berlin-born Israel Defense Force general and his Ukrainian-born wife. After completing her compulsory service in the IDF, serving in military intelligence, Gadiesh studied at Hebrew University, graduating in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in psychology.

After a graduation visit to the U.S., she applied to Harvard Business School. Having rudimentary English skills, she wrote her admissions essay in Hebrew and painstakingly translated it. Despite her linguistic difficulties, Gadiesh graduated in 1977 in the top 5 percent of her class, as well as being awarded with the Brown prize for the most outstanding marketing student. Flooded with numerous attractive offers, she joined Bain & Company after being persuaded during an interview with firm founder Mr. Bain.

Forbes has listed her among the world's 100 most powerful women four times since 2004.[3] A frequent business speaker and journal contributor, Gadiesh is the author of Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Orit Gadiesh - Freebase". http://www.freebase.com/view/en/orit_gadiesh. Retrieved 23 November 2009. 
  2. ^ Gadiesh, Orit. "Interview with Orit Gadiesh" (in English). Harvard Business School. http://www.hbs.edu/entrepreneurs/pdf/oritgadiesh.pdf. Retrieved 23 November 2009. 
  3. ^ a b "Orit Gadiesh's Forbes profile". Forbes.com LLC. http://people.forbes.com/profile/orit-gadiesh/87273. Retrieved 23 November 2009. 
  4. ^ Gadiesh, Orit; Hugh MacArthur (Jan 04, 2008) (in English). Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use. Harvard Business Publishing. pp. 136. ISBN 9781422124956. http://harvardbusiness.org/product/lessons-from-private-equity-any-company-can-use/an/2495-HBK-ENG. Retrieved 11-23-2009. 
Stub icon This business-related biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.