Tarun Khanna

Tarun Khanna is the Co-founder and Founding Partner of Axilor Ventures and the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Princeton University and a doctorate in Business Economics from Harvard University. Over the past 25 years, he has studied economic development and launched global ventures, while his online course on entrepreneurship has reached more than 500,000 students across 200 countries. He serves as Director of the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University and sits on the corporate boards of AES Corporation and InMobi. Recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, he has also led national committees for the Government of India. His career focuses on advancing venture capital, business education, and entrepreneurship throughout emerging markets like India and China.