Mihir A. Desai

About Mihir A.

• Was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, raised in Hong Kong, and later moved to New Jersey as a teenager.
• Attended Brown University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in history.
• After graduation, he “fell into the job market” and interviewed for a wide variety of positions—ended up working for an investment bank in New York for two years.
• Decided to go to Harvard University for business school and earned an MBA.
• While trying to decide whether to pursue consulting or banking for his career, he had an epiphany that told him neither was the right choice.
• Moved to India for a year to figure things out—when he returned to the U.S., he went back to Harvard University to get his Ph.D. in political economy.
• He’s now a professor of finance and law at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, respectively.
• He’s also a renowned economist with expertise in tax policy, international finance, and corporate finance, and has authored publications on topics like tax policy and globalization.