Punit Renjen

Renjen grew up in Rohtak, a city in Haryana's Rohtak district, in India, where his father had established an electrical switchgear factory.[6] Around age seven, Renjen was sent to The Lawrence School, Sanawar, an autonomous public co-educational boarding school near Shimla, because his parents were seeking a better education for him than he was receiving in Rohtak.[6] When Renjen was approximately fourteen years old, his father's business encountered financial difficulty, and the family's inability to continue paying for boarding school forced Renjen to return to Rohtak and work at the family factory part time.[6]

Renjen attended a local college, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in economics.[6] After graduating, Renjen worked for the Delhi-based home appliance company Usha International. In 1984, he earned a Rotary Foundation Scholarship, affording him airfare to the United States and a full scholarship to Salem, Oregon's Willamette University.[2][6] He earned his Master of Management from Willamette's Atkinson Graduate School of Management in 1986,[7][8] and has lived in the United States ever since.[6][9]

After graduating from Willamette, Renjen began interviewing at American firms. In the late 1980s, a partner at Touche Ross invited him to interview with the company after reading on a flight a local magazine that profiled Renjen and nine other students. He was initially hired as an associate consultant and has worked at Deloitte for 32 years since that time.[6][10][11]

His work at Deloitte has included advising multinational companies on divestitures, mergers and acquisitions, operations, post-merger integration, and strategy.[8][12][13] Renjen later served as chairman and CEO of Deloitte Consulting LLP, which is a United States member firm, then as chairman of Deloitte LLP (United States) for four years beginning in June 2011.[6][9]

Renjen currently serves as the CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (Deloitte Global).[6][9] The company announced Renjen's confirmation on February 16, 2015, following an election and nearly unanimous ratification by thousands of Deloitte's partners.[1][14] When Renjen's four-year term as CEO began on June 1, 2015,[6][15] he became the first Asia-born person to head one of the Big Four global professional services firms.[2][16][17] In June 2019, he was elected to a second, four-year term as Deloitte Global CEO.[10] During that time, Deloitte announced that their fiscal year numbers for 2021 reached $50.2 billion and their workforce expanded to 345,000,[18] making them the first big 4 firm to clear $50 billion in global revenue.[19]

In February 2018, Punit launched WorldClass, Deloitte’s global initiative designed to advance education and skills for communities at risk.[20] In 2019, the program was launched in India with the goal of supporting 10 million girls and women by 2030 there through education and skills development.[21]

In May 2021, the Haryana government and Deloitte launched a COVID-19 project called Senjeevani Pariyojana to treat patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms in their homes. Renjen led the design of the program which is being supported by the Public Health Foundation of India and the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science.[22][23]

In 2007, Renjen was listed as one of Consulting magazine's "Top 25 Most Influential Consultants".[7][12][16] In 2012, 2013, and 2014, he was named an honoree to the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) "Directorship 100".[35][36][37] In 2015, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) included Renjen on their inaugural "Influential Leaders" list,[33] which recognizes "100 AACSB-member-school alumni who inspire others with their professional and volunteer work".[32][38] In 2017, he was honored with the "Gaurav Samman" by the Government of Haryana. The award was given to people of Haryanvi origin residing outside of Haryana who have made significant contributions in various fields.[39] In May 2019, he received an honorary degree from Willamette University.[40]

Renjen received the 2020 Oregon History Makers Medal in the category of "Visionary Business Leader."[41] Also in 2020, he was named one of the EMpower Top 100 Ethnic Minority Executive Role Models, an honor given to recognize senior executives of color who are removing barriers to success for other ethnic minority employees and are leading by example.[42] The Indiaspora Business Leaders List recognized Renjen as one of over 50 executives from the Indian diaspora of top-tier international corporations in 2020.[43][44] In 2021, the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) recognized Punit with the USISPF Global Achievement Award in honor of his corporate leadership in fighting Covid-19 during India's second wave.[45] In 2022, Punit was recognized by The Economic Times as "Global Indian of the Year."[46]

Renjen lives in Portland, Oregon.[7][47] He is a sports fan, with a particular affinity for cricket and American football, and a runner.[48] He is married to Heather Renjen and has a son.[1][6]

• List of people from Haryana
• List of Willamette University alumni

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