Sandeep Naik
Managing Director and Head, India and Southeast Asia, General Atlantic
Sandeep Naik is a Managing Director at General Atlantic and serves on the firm's Executive Committee. He heads the operations for India and Asia Pacific. Mr. Naik manages and oversees all of GA’s investments in these regions, which include Byju’s, Jio, Reliance Retail, Ruangguru, PT MAP Boga Adiperkasa (MBA), Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Limited, BillDesk, House of Anita Dongre, IIFL Wealth Management and KFin Technologies Private Limited. Previously, Mr. Naik served as a partner and co-head of the India office for Apax Partners, leading their investments in healthcare, financial & business services and retail & consumer sectors. Prior to that, he was a Global Marketing Manager at Medtronic Inc, a scientist at Mayo Clinic and a Consultant with McKinsey. He is also the co-founder of a medical device start-up firm, InfraScan Inc., which is focused on detecting bleeding inside the brain using a handheld device. Among his many philanthropic endeavors, he co-founded ToolBox India, an organization that brings professionals and non-profits together to improve productivity and efficiency within the social sector. He holds a BTech in Instrumentation Engineering from the University of Mumbai, an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the Medical College of Virginia and an M.B.A. in Finance from The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Naik was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and served on the Global Agenda Council of ‘New Order of Economic Thinking’. He is also a member on the Wharton Asia Board.
