Gowri Narayanan
Private Equity Investor at Optum, Inc.
Profile
Gowri Narayanan is currently the Chief Innovation Officer at Optum, Inc. Prior to this, he held positions as Principal at Apple, Inc., Mastercard, Inc., and Visa Europe Ltd.
He also served as an Operating Partner at SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd.
and as a Board Member at Zeta, One 97 Communications Ltd., Digits LLC, bKash Ltd., Treez, Inc., and Tabapay, Inc. Additionally, he was a Principal at Discover Financial Services and National Payments Corp.
of India Ltd.
Mr. Narayanan received a graduate degree from Oxford Brookes University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Madras.
Gowri Narayanan active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Optum, Inc.
Optum, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of UnitedHealth Group, Inc., Optum, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Eden Prairie, MN. Optum provides health solutions and care delivery services to mitigate rising costs, improve the consumer experience, and address the behavioral health crisis for employees. The company optimizes operations management, increase efficiencies, and improve outcomes for healthcare providers. Optum is committed to making healthcare work better by leading the way to better experiences, better health, and lower costs. The company addresses health holistically through customer-centered, compassionate interactions and simple, seamless physical and digital touchpoints. Optum improves health and financial well-being by transforming how people and organizations save, spend, invest, and pay for healthcare. The company uses real-world data and deep expertise to drive innovation and impact for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device sectors. | Private Equity Investor | 31/10/2023 |
Former positions of Gowri Narayanan
Companies | Position | End |
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SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd.
SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd. is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. founded in 2016 by Masayoshi Son. SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd. is headquartered in London, UK. | Private Equity Investor | 31/10/2023 |
bKash Ltd.
bKash Ltd. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services bKash Ltd. provides mobile financial services. The firm is a complete mobile financial service provider for common people which apart from sending and receiving money, offers an array of mobile financial services including mobile top up, payment, salary disbursement and interest on savings and it offers its services using the network of Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi and Airtel. The company was founded by Kamal S. Quadir on July 21, 2011 and is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. | Director/Board Member | 30/10/2023 |
Zeta | Director/Board Member | 30/10/2023 |
Tabapay, Inc.
Tabapay, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Tabapay, Inc. is a leading money movement platform that provides a simple unified API to support a range of use cases for financial technology companies. The company is based in Mountain View, CA and was founded in 2017 by Rodney Robinson, Marvin Mah, and Manoj Verma. The company processes over $9 billion annually and is trusted by over 1,000 companies. Tabapay offers direct connections and intelligent least-cost routing across 10 card networks, and boasts one of the industry's best approval rates. Tabapay is majority employee-owned with investments from aligned partners and SoftBank. The company provides merchant acquiring, instant payments, and services across the payments ecosystem, enabling fintech innovators to simply move funds and collect payments with one unified API via card RTP or ACH. Rodney Robinson has been the CEO since 2017. | Director/Board Member | 30/10/2023 |
Digits LLC
Digits LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Digits LLC provides cyber security and digital forensics services. It also offers planning, incident response, computer forensic investigation, trade secrets protection, intellectual property protection, corporate computer security, litigation support, network security advisory, data recovery and information collection and preservation services. The company was founded by Michael G. McCartney and James Domres and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY. | Director/Board Member | 30/10/2023 |
Training of Gowri Narayanan
Oxford Brookes University | Graduate Degree |
University of Madras | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
Listed companies | 4 |
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APPLE INC. | Electronic Technology |
MASTERCARD, INC. | Commercial Services |
DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES | Finance |
ONE97 COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | Technology Services |
Private companies | 9 |
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Visa Europe Ltd.
Visa Europe Ltd. Regional BanksFinance Visa Europe Ltd. provides visa credit and debit cards. The company also provides commercial cards for government businesses. It also provides PIN, security and chip numbers for online shopping. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. | Finance |
Zeta | |
Digits LLC
Digits LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Digits LLC provides cyber security and digital forensics services. It also offers planning, incident response, computer forensic investigation, trade secrets protection, intellectual property protection, corporate computer security, litigation support, network security advisory, data recovery and information collection and preservation services. The company was founded by Michael G. McCartney and James Domres and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY. | Commercial Services |
National Payments Corp. of India Ltd.
National Payments Corp. of India Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services National Payments Corp. of India Ltd. operates retail payments and settlement systems. The private company is based in Mumbai, India. and has subsidiaries in India. The company was founded in 2008. Dilip Asbe has been the CEO of the Indian company since 2010. | Commercial Services |
bKash Ltd.
bKash Ltd. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services bKash Ltd. provides mobile financial services. The firm is a complete mobile financial service provider for common people which apart from sending and receiving money, offers an array of mobile financial services including mobile top up, payment, salary disbursement and interest on savings and it offers its services using the network of Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi and Airtel. The company was founded by Kamal S. Quadir on July 21, 2011 and is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. | Technology Services |
SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd.
SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd. is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. founded in 2016 by Masayoshi Son. SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd. is headquartered in London, UK. | Finance |
Treez, Inc.
Treez, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Treez, Inc. provides retail management software. The company was founded by John Yang and is headquartered in Oakland, CA. | Technology Services |
Tabapay, Inc.
Tabapay, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Tabapay, Inc. is a leading money movement platform that provides a simple unified API to support a range of use cases for financial technology companies. The company is based in Mountain View, CA and was founded in 2017 by Rodney Robinson, Marvin Mah, and Manoj Verma. The company processes over $9 billion annually and is trusted by over 1,000 companies. Tabapay offers direct connections and intelligent least-cost routing across 10 card networks, and boasts one of the industry's best approval rates. Tabapay is majority employee-owned with investments from aligned partners and SoftBank. The company provides merchant acquiring, instant payments, and services across the payments ecosystem, enabling fintech innovators to simply move funds and collect payments with one unified API via card RTP or ACH. Rodney Robinson has been the CEO since 2017. | Technology Services |
Optum, Inc.
Optum, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of UnitedHealth Group, Inc., Optum, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Eden Prairie, MN. Optum provides health solutions and care delivery services to mitigate rising costs, improve the consumer experience, and address the behavioral health crisis for employees. The company optimizes operations management, increase efficiencies, and improve outcomes for healthcare providers. Optum is committed to making healthcare work better by leading the way to better experiences, better health, and lower costs. The company addresses health holistically through customer-centered, compassionate interactions and simple, seamless physical and digital touchpoints. Optum improves health and financial well-being by transforming how people and organizations save, spend, invest, and pay for healthcare. The company uses real-world data and deep expertise to drive innovation and impact for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device sectors. | Technology Services |
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