Born in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, Rajaratnam was educated there at St. Thomas’ Preparatory School before leaving for England, where he studied engineering at the University of Sussex. He came to the U.S. to get his master’s of business administration, graduating from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 1983.
Two of his Wharton classmates — Anil Kumar, who became a partner at McKinsey & Co., and Rajiv Goel, who was a managing director at Intel — testified against him at the trial, telling jurors how their relationships began at the school and how they turned to crime. Both pleaded guilty and testified for prosecutors.
May 11th, 2011 at 2:23PM
The House of Mirth.
May 11th, 2011 at 3:55PM
Yes.
May 11th, 2011 at 6:02PM
Custom of the Country, while we’re at it.
October 22nd, 2011 at 7:43AM
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