Harsha Agadi

Biography

Harsha V. Agadi is the president and chief executive officer of Crawford & Company. He is an expert on corporate growth, carrying with him a client-centric and service-oriented operating philosophy. He is also Chairman of GHS Holdings, LLC, with investments in restaurants, hospitality and other related industries. Agadi has 30 years of experience in various senior leadership positions for several food service and franchise companies as well as Fortune 500 companies.

Agadi actively participates on several charitable boards in the United States and abroad. He is on the Board of Eaglebrook School in Massachusetts and Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, his alma mater. In India, he serves as chairman of the Board of SKSVMA College of Engineering & Technology, a Top 10 institution in Karnataka, India. Agadi is an active donor via GHS Charitable Foundation at Duke University, where he established an endowment at the Fuqua School of Business. The Harshavardhan V. Agadi Scholarship is awarded each year to two promising female students from India.

Between his several private equity partnerships, his management experience across many companies, his fundraising capacity in equity and debt, and in conjunction with his exceptionally strong management skills, Agadi has consistently produced stellar results. He, however, wants to be judged by what he gives rather than what he receives. This trait he considers the true net worth of an individual.

Agadi is married to Geetha and they have one son, Samir. In his spare time, he enjoys movies, travel and stamp collecting.

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