Ruchir Swarup

Ruchir Swarup (New York) joined KKR in 2024 and is a Partner and Chief Information Officer. He leads the Technology team. In this role, Mr. Swarup is responsible for driving KKR’s technology strategy and vision, as well as scaling the firm’s existing technology to create efficiencies and reduce risk. Prior to KKR, Mr. Swarup was the Chief Technology Officer at Addepar, a financial software and data platform. Before Addepar, Mr. Swarup spent nearly two decades at BlackRock in various technology leadership roles in the U.S. and Asia, most recently as a managing director and global head of the Aladdin product group across business operations and enterprise systems. This responsibility included the development of all post-trade capabilities, regulatory, client experience and enterprise operations technology. Mr. Swarup was also a key architect of BlackRock’s middle and back-office technology strategy on Aladdin. He was also a member of BlackRock’s global operating committee. Mr. Swarup spent the first 15 years of his career in Japan, serving in several and technology and leadership roles. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from The Pune Institute of Computer Technology.