| Rajiv Goel | |
| Native Name Lang: | English |
| Occupation: | Financier |
| Citizenship: | United States |
| Director of Strategic Investments, Intel Capital | |
| Employer: | Intel |
| Alma Mater: | The Wharton School |
| Criminal Charge: | securities fraud, conspiracy (October 16, 2009) |
| Criminal Penalty: | Two years' probation |
Rajiv Goel is a former American executive at Intel. He was a managing director in Intel's treasury department and a director of strategic investments at Intel Capital.
In 2009, he was arrested for insider trading with friend and hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, in a sprawling US federal investigation centered on the Galleon Group. He pleaded guilty to securities fraud and conspiracy in February 2010.[1] In 2011 he testified against Rajaratnam and in 2012 was sentenced to two years' probation.[2]
Goel met Rajaratnam while they were both students at Wharton business school. He testified in the high-profile case U.S. v Rajaratnam against the hedge fund billionaire.