Deven Sharma (born 1956 in Jharkhand) is an Indian businessman.

Biography

Early life and education

Sharma attended

De Nobili School, FRI De Nobili School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. The school is named after a Christian mission and Jesuit, Roberto de Nobili, who was the first foreigner to master Sanskrit, incognito, in ...

, Digwadih,

Dhanbad Dhanbad is the second-most populated city in the Indian state of Jharkhand after Jamshedpur and a major financial hub of Jharkhand. In terms of economy, Dhanbad has the largest economy in the state of Jharkhand and it is often referred to as th ...

. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi,

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

, a Master's Degree from

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–Milwaukee, UWM, or Milwaukee) is a Public university, public Urban university, urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropo ...

and a Doctoral degree in Business Management from

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

Career

He was named president of Standard & Poor's in August 2007. In August 2011, he announced that he would step down from the position of president later in the year. Sharma serves on the boards of

CRISIL CRISIL Limited, formerly Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited, is an Indian analytical company providing ratings, research, and risk and policy advisory services and is a subsidiary of American company S&P Global S&P Global ...

, The US-China Business Council and Asia Society Business Council. He served as a Director of 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. from 12 May 2005 to 16 March 2007. Deven Sharma became the public face of the firm in the wake of its downgrade of the United States' long-term debt rating on 5 August 2011. According to Reuters News Service, S&P announced on 23 August 2011 that Deven Sharma would step down as a Chief of Standard & Poor's effective 12 September 2011, and would leave the company by the end of the year.

References

External links

Standard & Poor's, Management Bios

at SEC Roundtable *
Business profile
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Bloomberg Businessweek ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', previously known as ''BusinessWeek'' (and before that ''Business Week'' and ''The Business Week''), is an American monthly business magazine published 12 times a year. The magazine debuted in New York City in Septembe ...

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When Wall Street Nearly Collapsed
Deven Sharma, ''CNN Money'', 2009
Deven Sharma to head S&P, Corbet quits

"Why Ratings Requirements Don’t Make Sense" WSJ 2010, Op-Ed by Deven Sharma

"Q.&A. With S&P’s President on the State of Ratings" NYT 2010
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Deven De Nobili Schools alumni University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni Ohio State University Fisher College of Business alumni Living people American financiers American people of Indian descent American Hindus Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra alumni 1956 births Businesspeople from Bihar People from Dhanbad American chief executives