Venkat Atluri
Venkat Atluri is a Senior Partner and global leader of tech/telecom practice at McKinsey. With 22 years of experience in the firm, he has also co-founded and led the firm’s Internet of Things (IOT) practice. He is also an author and thought leader contributor at McKinsey, including co-authoring ‘The Ecosystem Economy: How to Lead in the New Age of Sectors Without Borders’ along with Miklos Dietz.
Venkat’s academic background includes an MBA in Strategy and Finance from the University of Chicago. Prior to joining McKinsey, Venkat held global operating leadership roles at General Electric as well as product development, management, and deployment at 3M.
He joined McKinsey in 2001 and has held many leadership positions throughout his tenure at McKinsey. Venkat co-founded and led McKinsey’s IoT (Internet of Things) Practice. He also created a group that aims to incubate new analytic and digital assets, develop innovative client offerings, and build alliances and partnerships with innovators.
He has also led McKinsey’s efforts globally for the TMT Practice to help clients fast-track and sustain transformational impact through leadership alignment, execution support, capability building, and leadership development; with a distinctive set of assets and exceptional digital-learning programs.
As an author, he has recently co-authored with Miklós Dietz ‘The Ecosystem Economy’, a book that offers a fresh perspective on how the global economy is being fundamentally transformed by the acceleration of new technology development, evolving consumer preferences and behaviours, business models and organisational and performance management constructs. He also writes regularly for McKinsey.
Outside of McKinsey, Venkat serves on the board of 1871, a not-for-profit start-up incubator. He is the current chairman of the board and a founding member of Current Water, a not for profit that seeks sustainable solutions to water challenges through innovation and collaboration for developing and deploying the tools, practices, and technologies to promote sustainable blue economy growth.
Besides being a thought leader at McKinsey, Venkat is a sought-after speaker at industry events, including McKinsey’s representation at the Mobile World Congress 2017, leading two panels around IOT and the Internet.
