- Ramani Ayer
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name = Ramani Ayer
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education =Indian Institute of Technology Drexel University
employer =The Hartford
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title = CEO
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term = 1991-Present
predecessor = Donald R. Frahm
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website = [http://www.thehartford.com The Hartford]
footnotes =Ramani Ayer is the CEO and president of the Fortune 100 company,
The Hartford .Ayer earned his BS in
Chemical engineering from the Bombay campus of theIndian Institute of Technology in 1969 and his PhD fromDrexel University in 1973. [cite news|date=January 3 ,2008 |title=Indian CEO thriving in US |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/The_Global_Indian_Takeover/Indian_CEO_thriving_in_US/articleshow/2670203.cms |first=Ishani |last=Duttagupta |publisher=The Economic Times |accessdate=2008-06-15] [cite news|date=December 12 ,2007 |title=Indian honchos splash US Inc, climb Fortune mountain |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Indian_honchos_splash_US_Inc_climb_Fortune_mountain/articleshow/2616925.cms |first=Chidanand |last=Rajghatta |publisher=The Economic Times |accessdate=2008-06-15] After graduating Ayer was hired byThe Hartford .Ayer progressed in the company serving as vice president of HartRe in 1983, president of Hartford Specialty Company in 1986, senior vice president of The Hartford in 1989, executive vice president of The Hartford in 1990, and president and COO of the company's property-casualty operations in 1991. [cite web|title=About Us : Management Team : Ramani Ayer |url=http://www.thehartford.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=HIG/HIG05Rolodex/Bio&cid=1119440507631&p=1118759546871&c=HIG05Rolodex |publisher=The Hartford |accessdate=2008-06-15] After being elected to the position in 1996, he took the office of chairman and CEO of the Hartford on
February 1 ,1997 . [cite news|date=September 18 ,1996 |title=Executive Changes |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E7DC113AF93BA2575AC0A960958260&scp=4&sq=ramani+ayer&st=nyt |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=2008-06-15]In 2007 Ayer was one of only three foreign-born Indian-origin executives to run a Fortune 100 company. [cite news|date=
December 21 ,2007 |title=Hand over the keys, the Indians are here |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IL21Df01.html |first=Sudha |last=Ramachandran |publisher=Asia Times |accessdate=2008-06-15]Vikram Pandit of Citigroup andIndra Nooyi of PepsiCo are the other two.References
External links
* [http://www.thehartford.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=HIG/HIG05Rolodex/Bio&cid=1119440507631&p=1118759546871&c=HIG05Rolodex The Hartford : Ramani Ayer]
* [http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromMktGuideIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedMktGuideId=100579 Forbes Profile: Ramani Ayer]
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