12 Facts About Piyush Gupta

Piyush Gupta is an Indian-born Singaporean banker and the chief executive officer of DBS Group between 2009 and 2025.

Piyush Gupta is vice-chairman of the Institute of International Finance since 2013, and a board member of Enterprise Singapore since 2024.

Piyush Gupta attended St Columba's High School and later earned a bachelor's degree in economics from St Stephen's College, Delhi.

In 1982 and at the age of 22, Piyush Gupta started his career at Citibank India as a management trainee.

Piyush Gupta did several assignments with Citibank India, eventually being the chief-of-staff to the India head.

Piyush Gupta moved to Singapore in 1991 as the chief-of-staff to the Asia head, and was posted to Indonesia in 1998, as country manager.

Piyush 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, Piyush Gupta was appointed the CEO of Citibank in South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Early on in 2013, Piyush Gupta realized that DBS needed to start thinking like big tech.

Piyush Gupta has come out with the importance of future blockchain driven Web 3.0 world with the cautious conclusion at a panel discussion titled, Global Trends and Web 3.0 at the Singapore FinTech Festival in 2021.

Piyush Gupta is an ambassador for CanKids India, a non-governmental organisation that supports victims of childhood cancer.

Piyush Gupta possesses an Overseas Citizenship of India, a form of permanent residency for former citizens of India.