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Ajit Jain

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as a salesman for their data-processing operations in India. He was named "Rookie of the Year" in his region in 1973. He lost his job in 1976 when IBM discontinued their operation in India because they declined to allow any Indian ownership of the company, as was then required by law.
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In 1986, he left McKinsey to work on insurance operations for Warren Buffett. Jain was invited by his former boss, Michael Goldberg, who had left McKinsey & Co. to join Berkshire Hathaway in 1982. At the time, he said he knew little about the insurance business.
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his successors would not be 'of only moderate ability.' For instance, Ajit Jain and Greg Abel are proven performers
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In the annual letter to shareholders on 2014, it was suggested that both Jain and
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The Warren Buffett CEO: Secrets from the Berkshire Hathaway Managers
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located in Seattle, Washington, the mission of which is to cure
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executive who is the Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations for
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In 1978, Jain moved to the United States, where he earned an
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as of January 10, 2018. Ajit Jain is an older cousin of
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protein deficiency, a condition that Jain's son has.
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Index

Sundargarh
Odisha
India
IIT Kharagpur
B.Tech
Harvard University
MBA
Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway
Indian-American
Berkshire Hathaway
Anshu Jain
Deutsche Bank
Stewart School
Cuttack
IIT Kharagpur
B.Tech
IBM
MBA
Harvard University
McKinsey & Co
Greg Abel
Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway
non-profit organization
limb-girdle muscular dystrophies
dysferlin
List of Jains
Indians in the New York City metropolitan region

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