Early life and education Sharma attended
De Nobili School, FRI, Digwadih,
Dhanbad. He received his Bachelor's Degree from
Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi,
India, a Master's Degree from
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and a Doctoral degree in Business Management from
Ohio State University.
Career He was named president of Standard & Poor's in August 2007. In August 2011, he announced that he would step down from the position of president later in the year. Sharma serves on the boards of
CRISIL, The US-China Business Council and Asia Society Business Council. He served as a Director of 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. from 12 May 2005 to 16 March 2007. Deven Sharma became the public face of the firm in the wake of its downgrade of the United States' long-term debt rating on 5 August 2011. According to Reuters News Service, S&P announced on 23 August 2011 that Deven Sharma would step down as a Chief of Standard & Poor's effective 12 September 2011, and would leave the company by the end of the year. == References ==