Introduction :
Even the impossible hold out a business opportunity for Shailesh J.Mehta,CEO of San francisco-based Providian Financial Corporation. It helped him turn his company into the ninth largest issuer of credit cards,with 10 million customers in the US.

Career :
He is an IIT graduate at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland.

Review of life :
Within months of joining providian in 1986,he put his strategy of blending technology with business insight to work.