Sarita James is an Indian-American entrepreneur and the wife of Vishal Garg, founder and CEO of home ownership company Better.com Made headlines for laying off 900 employees over Zoom calls.
Wiki/Biography
Sarita James was born in India in 1976 (45 years old in 2021). Sarita received her elementary education at Homestead High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She studied higher education mathematics and computer science primarily at Purdue University in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Harvard University, Massachusetts, and an MBA from the University of Oxford, England.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Weight (approximately): 55kg
Eye color: black
Hair color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Sarita James was born into an Indian family.
husband and children
Sarita James is married to Indian-American entrepreneur Vishal Garg, CEO of mortgage company Better.com and student loan company Co-Founder of MyRichUncle. The couple has three children, two boys and one girl. Their daughter’s name is Uma.
Sarita James’ husband Vishal Garg
Sarita James’ daughter Uma
Profession
Microsoft Corporation
In 1998, Sarita James joined Microsoft Corporation and began her career in the enterprise sector. As a project manager, she developed technical specifications for Microsoft Office 2003, managed feature work, and organized and facilitated the work of 15 full-time engineers. She also works closely with divisional management and serves as the point person in presenting product overviews to Bill Gates and senior executives. On the technical side, she obtained patents for two core technologies of the Microsoft .NET development platform.
In 2003, she joined Microsoft again, but this time as a technical advisor. Her services include translating business needs into technology solutions for executives and their employees at two major financial services clients: Bloomberg, LP and Deutsche Bank, AG Sarita Sarita left Microsoft in 2004 after working for just over a year.
McKinsey & Company
Sarita James began working as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in 2005. She advises media clients on issues such as growth strategy, operational efficiency and communications. Later, as part of the company’s furlough program, she transitioned into government leadership with McKinsey’s full support.
New York City Economic Development Corporation
In 2006, Sarita James was hired as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Policy at the New York City Economic Development Corporation. She is committed to strengthening and growing New York City’s economic and employment base, and to this end she has assembled a 50-person strategy and policy team. Some of the other initiatives include developing a congestion pricing strategy for cars entering New York City, legislative reform to support the financial services industry, and a revitalization strategy for New York’s Fashion District. Her high-quality performance led to her promotion from Vice President of Strategic Planning to Divisional Senior Vice President (Manager) to Divisional Executive Vice President.
U.S. Small Business Administration
Sarita James was appointed in 2008 under the one-year, mid-career nonpartisan leadership program of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama . She was one of 14 White House Fellows selected from more than 1,000 applicants. While in the program, she served as acting branch manager for the SBA’s Small Loan Program, which provides $100 million in small business loans to support low-income women and people of color through nonprofit microlenders. She also led the program through the financial crisis and expanded funding from $100 million to $150 million.
Citibank
- Chief Operating Officer, Citi Ventures
In 2010, Sarita James began serving on the leadership team of Citi Corporate Ventures. She has managed $100 million in investments with Tier 1 venture capital firms in startups related to the company’s strategic growth areas.
- Product Manager and Director, Citi Enterprise Payments
In 2011, she was promoted to product manager and director of corporate payments at Citi. She is responsible for product management in the healthcare payments space.
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Sarita James became CEO of the online application and admissions software “Embark” in 2014. According to Harvard alumni, Sarita Embark has supported more than 13 million student applications from more than 150 countries.
Marathon Digital Holdings
- independent director
In August 2021, Sarita James joined Marathon Digital Holdings as an independent director and member of the audit committee.
Facts/Trivia
- After working for three years, in 2001, Sarita temporarily left the professional world to study for an MBA at Oxford University.
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