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SUMMARY:Jerry Rao, Indian Businessman and Entrepreneur
DESCRIPTION:	 \n	Topic:  "How neighbors might be thinking about China."\n	Jaithirth Rao
 , popularly known as Jerry Rao, is an Indian businessman and entrepreneur. 
 He is the founder and former CEO of the software company MphasiS (https://e
 n.wikipedia.org/wiki/MphasiS). He is the founder of Value and Budget Housin
 g Corporation (VBHC) (now known as VBHC Value Homes Pvt. Ltd.), an affordab
 le housing venture which he founded in 2008(Official website (http://www.vb
 hc.com/)).[1][2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rao#cite_note-2) He w
 as also a founder and director of Home First Finance Company (https://en.wi
 kipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Home_First_Finance_Company&action=edit&am
 p;redlink=1),[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rao#cite_note-3) a Ho
 using Finance company focused on providing housing finance to first time ho
 me buyers.[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rao#cite_note-4) He was 
 also a member of the editorial advisory board of the "Swarajya" Magazine, f
 ounded by the late Rajaji.[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rao#cite
 _note-5)\n	In 1998, Rao started MphasiS Corporation, a software company bas
 ed in California, which subsequently merged with BFL Software in 2000. Mpha
 siS rapidly rose to be one of the top 10 IT/BPO companies in India.[6] (htt
 ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rao#cite_note-6) In 2008, EDS acquired a m
 ajority stake in MphasiS.[7] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rao#cite_
 note-7) Mr. Rao stayed on as non-executive Chairman of MphasiS and for some
  time as Advisor to EDS.\n	Rao held several positions in Citibank (https://
 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citibank) prior to his founding MphasiS in 1998. In a
  banking career of over 20 years, he served with Citi and its parent Citico
 rp in various capacities in Asia, Europe, South America, and North America.
  He was Head of the Development Division of Citicorp and Chairman and CEO o
 f Transaction Technologies Inc., based in California.\n	 \n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>	&nbsp;</p><p>	<strong>Topic:&nbsp; &quot;How neighbors might be thinkin
 g about China.&quot;</strong></p><p style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-fam
 ily: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
  font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-lef
 t: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; orphans: 2; text-align: left;
  text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-tex
 t-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">	<b>Jaithirth
  Rao</b>, popularly known as <b>Jerry Rao</b>, is an Indian businessman and
  entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of the software company <a 
 class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MphasiS" style="bac
 kground-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: 
 transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; backgr
 ound-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; 
 background-size: auto; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;" titl
 e="MphasiS">MphasiS</a>. He is the founder of Value and Budget Housing Corp
 oration (VBHC) (now known as VBHC Value Homes Pvt. Ltd.), an affordable hou
 sing venture which he founded in 2008(<a class="external text" href="http:/
 /www.vbhc.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: scroll; backgr
 ound-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: lin
 ear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url(&amp;quot;/w/skins/Vector/resou
 rces/skins.vector.styles/images/external-link-ltr-icon.svg?b4b84&amp;quot;)
 ; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: right; background-
 position-y: center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: auto; co
 lor: rgb(51, 102, 187); padding-right: 13px; text-decoration: none;">Offici
 al website</a>).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="font-size: 80
 %; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; white-space: no
 wrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rao#cite_note-1" style=
 "background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-col
 or: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; ba
 ckground-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repe
 at; background-size: auto; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;">
 [1]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="font-size: 80%; 
 font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; white-space: nowra
 p;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rao#cite_note-2" style="ba
 ckground-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color:
  transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; backg
 round-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat;
  background-size: auto; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;">[2]
 </a></sup> He was also a founder and director of <a class="new" href="https
 ://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Home_First_Finance_Company&amp;action
 =edit&amp;redlink=1" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip:
  border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; backgro
 und-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 
 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: rgb(186, 0, 0)
 ; text-decoration: none;" title="Home First Finance Company (page does not 
 exist)">Home First Finance Company</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-
 3" style="font-size: 80%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-hei
 ght: 1; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_
 Rao#cite_note-3" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: bor
 der-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-
 origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; 
 background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); t
 ext-decoration: none;">[3]</a></sup> a Housing Finance company focused on p
 roviding housing finance to first time home buyers.<sup class="reference" i
 d="cite_ref-4" style="font-size: 80%; font-style: normal; font-weight: norm
 al; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org
 /wiki/Jerry_Rao#cite_note-4" style="background-attachment: scroll; backgrou
 nd-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none;
  background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-posi
 tion-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: rgb(6,
  69, 173); text-decoration: none;">[4]</a></sup> He was also a member of th
 e editorial advisory board of the &quot;Swarajya&quot; Magazine, founded by
  the late Rajaji.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="font-size: 8
 0%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; white-space: n
 owrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rao#cite_note-5" style
 ="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-co
 lor: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; b
 ackground-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: rep
 eat; background-size: auto; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;"
 >[5]</a></sup></p><p style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif
 ; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 4
 00; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-
 right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoratio
 n: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width:
  0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">	In 1998, Rao started Mphasi
 S Corporation, a software company based in California, which subsequently m
 erged with BFL Software in 2000. MphasiS rapidly rose to be one of the top 
 10 IT/BPO companies in India.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="
 font-size: 80%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; wh
 ite-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rao#cite_n
 ote-6" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; b
 ackground-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: pa
 dding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background
 -repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decora
 tion: none;">[6]</a></sup> In 2008, EDS acquired a majority stake in Mphasi
 S.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="font-size: 80%; font-style:
  normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;"><a href
 ="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rao#cite_note-7" style="background-at
 tachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparen
 t; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-posit
 ion-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background
 -size: auto; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;">[7]</a></sup> 
 Mr. Rao stayed on as non-executive Chairman of MphasiS and for some time as
  Advisor to EDS.</p><p style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-ser
 if; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight:
  400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margi
 n-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decorat
 ion: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-widt
 h: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">	Rao held several position
 s in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citibank" style="background-att
 achment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent
 ; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-positi
 on-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-
 size: auto; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;" title="Citibank
 ">Citibank</a> prior to his founding MphasiS in 1998. In a banking career o
 f over 20 years, he served with Citi and its parent Citicorp in various cap
 acities in Asia, Europe, South America, and North America. He was Head of t
 he Development Division of Citicorp and Chairman and CEO of Transaction Tec
 hnologies Inc., based in California.</p><p>	&nbsp;</p>
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