Published: September 30th, 2021,
Last updated: September 30th, 2021
Gokul Laroia (55) will be appointed sole CEO of Morgan Stanley in the Asia Pacific. Laroia started at Morgan Stanley in India in 1995 and has since worked for the bank in Mumbai, New York, and Singapore, as well as Hong Kong, where he has spent most of his career. In addition to being Co-CEO for the region, he is also Co-Head of Global Equities. He is one of a handful of senior executives who have led investment banking, equity, and asset management businesses in multiple Asian markets. Morgan Stanley Asia generated a record $6.75 billion in revenue in 2020 – a 32 percent increase over 2019.