Orit Gadiesh

Gadiesh during the WEF 2010

Orit Gadiesh (* 1951 in Haifa , Israel ) is a US-Israeli manager and chairman of the management consultancy Bain & Company .

Career

Orit Gadiesh finished school at the age of 17 and began her military service in the Israeli army. She then completed a degree in psychology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, followed by a degree in urban planning . After completing her master's degree, she did her PhD. After that, inspired by a friend, she went to the USA , studied at Harvard Business School and graduated as one of the best graduates with a Master of Business Administration . For her graduation she was awarded the Brown Prize. In 1977 she went to the management consultancy Bain & Company , where she still works today. She has been chairman there since 1993 .

Private

Gadiesh lives childless in Paris and Boston. She is married to a writer.

Special

Since 2004, she has been named in Forbes Magazine's One Hundred Most Powerful Women four times.

literature

• How to map your industry's profit pool , Harvard Business School Press, 1998
• Lessons from private equity any company can use , Harvard Business School Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4221-2495-6

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Glenn Rifkin: Profiles; Don't Ever Judge This Consultant by Her Cover . In: The New York Times . May 1, 1994, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed January 26, 2019]).
2. ^ Interview with FAZ.net
3. ↑ Profile on the Bain & Company website
4. ↑ Profile on the Forbes Magazine website ( memento of the original from March 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.