So - needless to say - I was deeply alarmed when I learned through the annual McKinsey alumni get-togethers that Rajat had been convicted of insider trading. Over the years when contemplating my work history, I often thought of Rajat as being instrumental in terms of how I viewed leadership and the thoughts I had about myself in relation to work ethics, developing myself as a professsional and how I wanted to be in terms of contributing to the team I was a part of. Some 37 years ago, Rajat interviewed and ultimately hired me for a support staff job at McKinsey Copenhagen. Candid, compelling, and poignant, Gupta’s memoir is much more than a courtroom drama it is an extraordinary tale of human resilience and personal growth. And for the first time, he tells his side of the story in the scandal that destroyed his career and reputation. He writes movingly about his childhood losses, reflects on the challenges he faced as a student and young executive in the United States, and offers a rare inside glimpse into the elite and secretive culture of McKinsey, “the Firm”. In this book, Gupta recalls his unlikely rise from orphan to immigrant to international icon as well as his dramatic fall from grace. Throughout his trial and imprisonment, Gupta has fought the charges and maintains his innocence to this day. Against the backdrop of public rage and recrimination that followed the financial crisis, he was found guilty and sentenced to two years in jail. In 2011, to the shock of the international business community, Gupta was arrested and charged with insider trading. A globally respected figure, he sat on the boards of distinguished philanthropic institutions such as the Gates Foundation and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and corporations including Goldman Sachs, American Airlines, and Procter & Gamble. He was also the driving force behind major initiatives such as the Indian School of Business and the Public Health Foundation of India. the first foreign-born person to head the world’s most influential management consultancy. For nine years, Rajat Gupta led McKinsey & Co.
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