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Sanjay Khosla

Sanjay Khosla

Global Business Leader and Strategic Growth Expert at Northwestern University

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About Me

Sanjay Khosla serves as an Adjunct Professor of Executive Education at Northwestern University and holds positions as a Senior Fellow at Kellogg Markets and Customers Initiative (KMCI) and Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group. His illustrious corporate career includes transformative leadership as President of Developing Markets at Kraft Foods (now Mondelez International), where he led 65,000 employees across 60 countries and tripled business revenue from $5 billion to $16 billion in just five years. His remarkable achievements include scaling brands like Oreo and Tang to billion-dollar status and successfully integrating major acquisitions including Cadbury and Danone biscuits. Prior to Kraft, he revitalized Fonterra's $3 billion consumer business and spent 27 years at Unilever, where he notably launched the successful Wheel detergents brand in India and led the global "Paint the World Yellow with Lipton" initiative. Currently, he serves on the boards of several major corporations including Best Buy Inc, Zoetis Inc, and NIIT Ltd. Khosla, who frequently lectures at prestigious universities and global forums like Davos, co-authored "Fewer Bigger Bolder" with Professor Mohan Sawhney, introducing the Focus7 framework for sustainable profitable growth.