Sanjay Varma Co-Founder & Vice Chairman
Sanjay co-founded JMATEK Group in 2007, and led it as CEO for over 5 years. In 2013, Sanjay stepped back from day-to-day operations and transitioned to Vice Chairman role. Previously, Sanjay was VP of Business Development at Alibaba.com in its early days. Sanjay started his career with McKinsey & Company in India and also worked with the family trading business, Oriental American Jaima, in Hong Kong. Sanjay has an undergraduate degree from University of Michigan and an MBA from Columbia University in New York. In September 2013, Sanjay was awarded the “Outstanding Entrepreneurship Award” by Enterprise Asia for his leadership in building JMATEK into a global leader in home comfort and energy efficiency. Sanjay is a Board Member of the social service organization “Running to Stop the Traffik”, and is an advisor to and investor in several startups.
Rajesh Varma Board Member
Rajesh Varma recently joined the board of JMATEK. He has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and computer science, as well as an MBA in finance and venture capital, both from the University of Michigan. Over the last three decades he has worked in HK, Boston, London, San Francisco, and now Paris – not just for well respected institutions such as Fidelity, The Lazard Group, Montgomery Asset Management, and Carmignac Gestion, but also as an entrepreneur, as he was a co-founder of his own asset management company back in the 90s. He now runs a global equity fund with DNCA in Paris, but is also a serial investor in unique private companies. He brings to JMATEK, a vast breadth of knowledge in global industries.