Net Impact and WIVP welcome Dr. Abraham George to Wharton
Renowned artilleryman, entrepreneur and philanthropist to speak to students on April 20th
Teddy Rice, WG'06
Issue date: 4/18/05 Section: News
After thirty years of leading some of the world's most successful businesses - Credit Suisse First Boston, SunGard Data Systems, and eMedexOnline, to name a few - you might think that a man would want some rest. But Dr. Abraham George, a remarkable entrepreneur, has recently dedicated himself to eradicating rural poverty in his native India. In recognition of his commercial and philanthropic success, Net Impact and the Wharton International Volunteer Program are delighted to have him speak to the Wharton community on April 20th at 4:30pm.
Dr. George began his career as an artillery officer in the Indian army before immigrating to the United States 30 years ago. After earning MBA, MS and PhD degrees from the Stern School of Business at NYU, he founded Multinational Computer Models, a software company later acquired by SunGard Data Systems. Throughout this period he also somehow found time to serve as a Managing Director at CSFB. Today he serves as Chairman of eMedexOnline, a medical diagnostic software company in New Jersey.
In 1995, building on his business success, Dr. George founded The George Foundation, a non-profit group dedicated to the welfare of socially and economically disadvantaged people in Bangalore, India. His foundation has made incredible efforts to improve education, healthcare, the environment and the position of women in India, perhaps most notably by leading efforts to eradicate lead from gasoline throughout the country in 2000. A great advocate for transparent democracy and free speech, he also serves as Dean at the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media, an organization he helped found.
Dr. George's most recent book, "India Untouched: The Forgotten Face of Rural Poverty," documents his efforts to effect change in a difficult political and social environment. On reading Dr. George's book, Thomas Friedman of The New York Times commented that "Abraham George has precisely the kind of imagination that we should all want to emulate and I certainly hope he will be a role model for many others in his native country and around the world." Dr. George will share his story at 4:30pm on Wednesday, April 20th in JMHH 370.
Dr. George began his career as an artillery officer in the Indian army before immigrating to the United States 30 years ago. After earning MBA, MS and PhD degrees from the Stern School of Business at NYU, he founded Multinational Computer Models, a software company later acquired by SunGard Data Systems. Throughout this period he also somehow found time to serve as a Managing Director at CSFB. Today he serves as Chairman of eMedexOnline, a medical diagnostic software company in New Jersey.
In 1995, building on his business success, Dr. George founded The George Foundation, a non-profit group dedicated to the welfare of socially and economically disadvantaged people in Bangalore, India. His foundation has made incredible efforts to improve education, healthcare, the environment and the position of women in India, perhaps most notably by leading efforts to eradicate lead from gasoline throughout the country in 2000. A great advocate for transparent democracy and free speech, he also serves as Dean at the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media, an organization he helped found.
Dr. George's most recent book, "India Untouched: The Forgotten Face of Rural Poverty," documents his efforts to effect change in a difficult political and social environment. On reading Dr. George's book, Thomas Friedman of The New York Times commented that "Abraham George has precisely the kind of imagination that we should all want to emulate and I certainly hope he will be a role model for many others in his native country and around the world." Dr. George will share his story at 4:30pm on Wednesday, April 20th in JMHH 370.