Background
Devita Saraf was born in Mumbai, India, the daughter of Rajkumar Saraf, Chairman of Zenith Computers.
chairman Chief Executive Officer
Devita Saraf was born in Mumbai, India, the daughter of Rajkumar Saraf, Chairman of Zenith Computers.
She attended Queen Mary School, Mumbai She later attended the Hassaram Rijhumal College of Commerce and Economics and the University of Southern California, where she received a Bachelor of Business Administration.
She is also a promoter of Zenith Infotech Limited along with her family members. She is also a columnist for The Wall Street Journal. She has been a National Company-Chair and Executive Committee Member in the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Young Leaders Forum.
Zenith
Saraf started her career at age 16. when she was trained by her father at Zenith Computers and was named as the Director of Marketing when she was 21.
At Zenith, her first product a laptop computer designed for students. In 2006 Saraf went from being the head of marketing to Chief Executive Officer. The high court of Bombay (currently known as mumbai) in case filed by The Bank of New York Mellon, London has convicted Ms Saraf, her father and all the promoters of zenith infotech limited of siphoning the company funds to personnel accounts and has directed BIFR (Board for Industrial & Financial Reconstruction Government of India) to take action as per its regulations.
Securities and Exchange Board of India accused Zenith Infotech Limited and its six promoters of fraudelent removal of funds to personnel accounts without the notice to share holders, and as of March 25, 2013, SEBI prevented the promoters from accessing the securities market or trading in securities in any manner. The named six promoters included by SEBI are Saraf, her father Rajumar Saraf, Akash Kumar Saraf, Vijayrani Saraf, VU Technologies Private limited and Zenith Technologies Private Limited.
Vu Technologies
At age 24, she started Vu Technologies, which not only sells high-end gadgets.
While Zenith was mass technology focused, Vu sells innovative luxury items. Saraf states that she wanted to "bring unique technology to the country." Saraf is also the Chief Executive Officer of View TelePresence, which creates communications services for smaller business markets. Vu came out with a 4K HD Iconium Series televisions in October 2015.
In October 2014, the Bombay High Court sealed the premises of Andheri based office of Vu Technologies after it fraudulently showed 200 employees in their affidavit but only 32 were found on premises in a visit and in the muster roll for September-October 2014.
She is also a member of Mensa.