Dec 22, 2022
Deepa Purushothaman is a former senior executive and a corporate inclusion visionary. She challenges and redefines the status quo of leadership, success, and power by centering the experiences of Women of Color.
As a senior partner at Deloitte, Deepa spent more than 20 years helping clients grow. She was also the US Managing Partner of WIN, Deloitte's renowned Women's Initiative, and was the first Indian-American woman and one of the youngest people to make partner in the firm's history.
In 2020, Deepa left Deloitte to co-found nFormation, a
membership-based community for professional Women of Color. She is
an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School, and a board member
of Avasara, India's first leadership academy for girls.
The First, The Few, The Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine
Power in Corporate America, Deepa’s debut book, was published
by HarperCollins in 2022 to international acclaim.
Deepa is a TED and SXSW speaker and has been featured in
TIME,
PBS,
Forbes,
Wall Street Journal,
Fortune, Financial
Times, and
Harvard Business Review. Her TED talks have almost 3M
views.
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