Role Business consultant Name Orit Gadiesh | Spouse(s) Grenville Byford Occupation Management consultant | |
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Born January 31, 1951 (age 73) ( 1951-01-31 ) Haifa, Israel Alma mater Hebrew University of Jerusalem (B.A)
Harvard Business School (M.B.A) Employer Chairman,
Bain & Company Books Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use Education Harvard Business School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem People also search for Hugh MacArthur, Bill Bain, Bob Bechek | ||
Citizenship Israeli
United States | ||
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Orit Gadiesh (Hebrew: אורית גדיש born January 31, 1951) is an Israeli-American corporate strategist, and chairman of management consulting firm Bain & Company.
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Biography
Gadiesh was born in Haifa, Israel in 1951, the daughter of a Berlin-born Israel Defense Forces colonel and his Ukrainian-born wife. After completing her compulsory service in the IDF Gadiesh studied at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, graduating in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Gadiesh graduated from Harvard Business School in 1977 in the top 5 percent of her class (Baker Scholar) and was awarded the Brown prize for the most outstanding marketing student.
Forbes has listed her among the world's 100 most powerful women four times since 2004. A frequent business speaker and journal contributor, Gadiesh is co-author of Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use.