They are both women of Indian origin. They are both breaking the proverbial glass ceiling in their fields. One is an economist — the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, to be precise – and the other is the global chief executive of French luxury fashion house Chanel.
So when IMF chief Gita Gopinath ran into Chanel CEO Leena Nair at the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss town of Davos she took a picture to commemorate the occasion.
“Great to finally meet Leena Nair. Only in Davos does an economist run into a fashion mogul,” Gopinath, 52, captioned the photograph.
The tiny Swiss town of Davos plays host every year to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, attended by world leaders, economists, businessmen and the international elite.
Gopinath was born and raised in India. After receiving her Bachelor’s degree from Delhi University’s Lady Shri Ram College, she went on to do her Masters from the Delhi School of Economics. She holds a PhD from Princeton.
