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{{Short description|Singaporean banker}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}{{Infobox person
| name = Piyush Gupta
| honorific_suffix = [[Bintang Bakti Masyarakat|BBM]]
| image = [[File:Piyush Gupta AIC.JPG|frameless|300x300px]]
| alt = Piyush Gupta at DBS
| caption = Gupta at the Asian Insights Conference in 2013
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|01|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Meerut district|Meerut]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| alma_mater = [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])<br />[[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|IIM, Ahmedabad]] ([[Post Graduate Diploma in Management|PGDM]])
| occupation = [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]] of [[DBS Bank|DBS Group]]
| spouse = Ruchira Gupta
| children = 2
}}

'''Piyush Gupta''' ({{Lang-hi|पीयूष गुप्ता}}, {{zh|s=高博德|c=|t=|p=}}; born 24 January 1960) is a Singaporean banker.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chew|first=Hui Min|date=4 September 2020|title=Ministers respond in Parliament to NCMP Leong Mun Wai's comments on not having 'homegrown' DBS CEO|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/iswaran-leong-mun-wai-ncmp-psp-dbs-ceo-13082740|access-date=2021-01-09|website=CNA|language=en|quote=The current CEO of DBS, Piyush Gupta, was born in India and became Singaporean.}}</ref> He is Chief Executive Officer and Director of [[DBS Bank|DBS Group]], the largest bank in Southeast Asia by total assets.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1 September 2014|title=Singapore's DBS names Citi's Piyush Gupta as CEO|work=[[Reuters]]|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-42125020090901|access-date=24 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Asia-Pacific's 50 largest banks by assets, 2020|url=https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/asia-pacific-s-50-largest-banks-by-assets-2020-58021637|access-date=2021-01-09|website=www.spglobal.com|language=en-us}}</ref> He is also Vice-Chairman of the [[Institute of International Finance]], and a board member of [[Enterprise Singapore]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Piyush Gupta (高博德) {{!}} DBS Bank, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)|url=https://www.dbs.com/gsmc-grp/Bod/bod-piyush-gupta|access-date=2021-01-09|website=DBS}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Gupta was one of three children, born in [[Meerut]], India, to R.S. Gupta and Minnie Gupta. He attended [[St. Columba's School, Delhi|St. Columba's High School]] before going on to pursue a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in economics from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]]. After graduating, he enrolled at the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]] for his postgraduate diploma in management.<ref>[http://www.livemint.com/Companies/F5Wh7Ur0oHSqZ50V9buqkL/DBSs-Piyush-Gupta-Replicating-a-success-story.html "DBS’s Piyush Gupta |Replicating a success story"]. Live Mint.</ref>

== Professional career ==

=== Early career and Citigroup ===
In 1982 and at the age of 22, Gupta started his career at [[Citibank India]] as a management trainee.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/02/business/global/02iht-manager02.html?_r=0 " Managing a Company With a Helicopter Vision "]. [[The New York Times]].</ref> He did several assignments with Citibank India, eventually being the [[chief-of-staff]] to the India head. He moved to [[Singapore]] in 1991 as the chief-of-staff to the Asia head, and was posted to [[Indonesia]] in 1998, as country manager. In 2000, he left [[Citigroup]] to start up a [[dot-com company]], but closed his venture and re-joined Citigroup in 2001.<ref>[http://www.financialexpress.com/old/fe/daily/20001023/fco23036.html " Go4i CEO quits as management rethinks strategy "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821121338/http://www.financialexpress.com/old/fe/daily/20001023/fco23036.html |date=21 August 2014 }}. Financialexpress.</ref> Gupta was country officer in [[Malaysia]] from 2002 to 2007, where he helped built up Citigroup's branch network, before assuming the role of country officer in Singapore and the head of the Corporate and Investment Bank in ASEAN. In 2008, Gupta was appointed the [[chief executive officer]] of Citibank in [[South East Asia]], [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]. In 2009, he left Citigroup to join [[DBS Group]] as the chief executive officer. As CEO, he received various business awards, and has been credited with growing DBS to become a leading Asian financial services group.<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 May 2013|title=DBS: Driving growth in Asian banking|work=[[Singapore Business Review]]|url=http://sbr.com.sg/financial-services/commentary/dbs-driving-growth-in-asian-banking|access-date=24 January 2014}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== Personal life ==
Gupta enjoys reading and bird watching.<ref>[http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/news/1107/PDF/DBS-st-7jul-pB6.pdf " DBS chief urges grads to take risks"]. [[National University of Singapore]].</ref> He plays golf and badminton, and does crosswords. He is an ambassador for CanKids India,<ref>[http://www.cankidsindia.org/cankids-ambassadors.html CanKids Ambassadors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821053149/http://www.cankidsindia.org/cankids-ambassadors.html |date=21 August 2014 }}. CanKids.</ref> a non-governmental organisation that supports victims of childhood cancer. His wife, Ruchira, is a physiotherapist.

A long-time permanent resident of Singapore, Gupta was naturalized as a Singapore citizen in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Piyush Gupta was still a foreigner when he received CEO appointment letter from DBS |url=https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2020/09/05/piyush-gupta-was-still-a-foreigner-when-he-received-ceo-appointment-letter-from-dbs/ |access-date=10 February 2021 |work=The Online Citizen Asia |date=5 September 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.dbs.com/about/management/PiyushGupta/default.aspx Profile] at [[DBS Bank]]
* [http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=36342081&ticker=DBS:SP Executive profile] at ''[[Businessweek]]''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140821115652/http://topics.bloomberg.com/piyush-gupta/ Piyush Gupta] collected news and commentary at ''[[Bloomberg Businessweek|Bloomberg]]''
* [http://topics.wsj.com/person/G/piyush-gupta/4369 Piyush Gupta] collected news and commentary at ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''

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