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Bush, served on the boards of Goldman Sachs and P&G, and addressed the UN General Assembly.īut his book "Mind Without Fear" does not begin with a story about any of these people or even his childhood in India, where he was raised by a Bengali freedom fighter, or his time at Harvard Business School, when he was one of the few people of color at the school. The former leader of the consulting giant McKinsey had advised billionaires like Bill Gates and the Swedish heir Sam Wallenberg, knew former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W.

The book, called "Mind Without Fear," details Gupta's life, from his childhood in India to Harvard Business School, McKinsey, the United Nations, and, eventually, a federal prison in Massachusetts.Įven before a jury's decision in summer 2012, Rajat Gupta had lived a life that was worth writing about.

In a book released earlier this year, Gupta still proclaimed his innocence, blaming his conviction on the political environment in the country after the housing crisis, an aggressive federal prosecutor, and his "biggest regret of his life": not testifying at his own trial.

Former McKinsey leader Rajat Gupta was one of the biggest names facing criminal prosecution after the global financial crisis, as he was tied to the billionaire hedge-fund manager Raj Rajaratnam's insider-trading case.

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