BankUnited Chairman, President and CEO Rajinder P. Singh, an alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was recently honored with the 2021 Tepper Alumni Achievement Award.
During a virtual celebration, The Tepper School community recognized Singh for his impressive accomplishments and innovation in the banking industry. Celebrated as a true Tepper success story, Singh came to the U.S. at the age of 22 on a one-way ticket from his home in India with only $700 in his pocket. He credits his master’s degree from the Tepper School with launching him on his professional journey.
As one of the founders of BankUnited in 2009, he served as COO until becoming CEO in 2017. Singh is currently serving his second term as the Federal Reserve’s Sixth District member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors’ Federal Advisory Council. An industry veteran of 25 years, Singh has held several executive leadership positions prior to BankUnited, including for Invesco’s WL Ross & Co., Capital One Financial Corp, North Fork Bancorporation and FleetBoston Financial Corporation.
Singh earned his master’s degree in business administration from Carnegie Mellon University and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi.
About BankUnited, N.A.
BankUnited, N.A., a national bank headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida, provides a full range of banking and related services to individual and corporate customers through banking centers in Florida and the New York metropolitan area. BankUnited, N.A. also provides certain commercial lending and deposit products through national platforms. BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE: BKU), with total assets of $35.2 billion at March 31, 2021, is the bank holding company for BankUnited, N.A. For additional information, call (877) 779-2265 or visit www.BankUnited.com. BankUnited can be found on Facebook at facebook.com/BankUnited.Official and on Twitter @BankUnited.
