Radhika Gupta

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Radhika Gupta
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MD & CEO
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Edelweiss Asset Management Limited
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Radhika Gupta, CEO at Edelweiss MF is the youngest CEO of India. She is a Global Indian writer, storyteller, TEDx, and Josh Talks speaker. Her dad was an Indian diplomat( Indian Foreign Services Official) and lived in Pakistan, New York, & Delhi before arriving in Nigeria.
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Life Defining Moments
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Serving as the Managing Director and Chief Executive officer at Edelweiss Asset Management.
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Active
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2017
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Joined Edelweiss Multi-Strategy Funds as a Business Head
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Active
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Co-Founded Forefront Capital Management
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3
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2009
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Moved forward as a Portfolio Manager and joined AQR Capital Management
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4
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2006
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Worked in Mckinsey and Company as a Business Analyst for a brief year
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5
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2005
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During her first year of Graduation, she was presented with the university’s greatest honour of ‘Summa cum laude’; honour extended to students whose grades range between 3.80-4.00.
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Interned at Microsoft.
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Joined Pennsylvania university and began working in the university itself to look after her expenses.
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Speaker Biography

Radhika Gupta, today is India's youngest CEO at Edelweiss Asset Management Ltd.

She is a Global Indian writer, storyteller, TEDx, and Josh Talks speaker. She leapfrogged the corporate ladder to become one of the country's youngest CEOs at 33. Her dad was an Indian diplomat( Indian Foreign Services Official) and lived in Pakistan, New York, & Delhi before arriving in Nigeria. She lives by the principle of" Never Give up. Life is full of colorful possibilities. Be limitless: Unlock your True potential".

She was a wondrous child, brilliant in academics. She passed her intermediate from the Marymount International School of Rome with a gold medal in English, Maths, Physics, Biology, and Economics for securing the highest grades in school and was chosen to be valedictorian. She comes from a very varied educational background in terms of Geography. She attended her primary schooling in Delhi Public School, then traveled overseas to join the American International School of Abuja(AISA), and finally completed her education at Marymount International School of Rome.

She completed her Graduation from the Wharton School of Pennsylvania and also held Educational qualifications of BSE( Computer Science Engineering) and B. Sc. (Economics) under the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology. After Joining Pennsylvania university in 2001, she began working at her university to look after her expenses. From 2004-2005 she interned at Microsoft. In 2005, during her first year of Graduation, she was presented with the university's most incredible honor of Summa cum Laude, a privilege extended to students whose grades range between 3.80-4.00.

She also worked in Mckinsey and Company as a Business Analyst for a brief year in 2005, moved forward as a Portfolio Manager, and joined AQR Capital Management in 2006. Co-Founded Forefront Capital Management and finally joined Edelweiss Multi-Strategy Funds as a Business Head in 2014 and today is the MD&CEO of Edelweiss Asset Management Ltd.

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Radhika Gupta, CEO at Edelweiss MF is the youngest CEO of India. She is a Global Indian writer, storyteller, TEDx, and Josh Talks speaker. Her dad was an Indian diplomat( Indian Foreign Services Official) and lived in Pakistan, New York, & Delhi before arriving in Nigeria.
She was a wondrous child, brilliant in academics. She passed her intermediate from the Marymount International School of Rome with a gold medal in English, Maths, Physics, Biology, and Economics for securing the highest grades in school and was chosen to be valedictorian. She completed her Graduation from the Wharton School of Pennsylvania and also held Educational qualifications of BSE( Computer Science Engineering) and B. Sc. (Economics) under the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology.
After Interning with Microsoft, she worked in Mckinsey and Company as a Business Analyst for a brief year in 2005, moved forward as a Portfolio Manager, and joined AQR Capital Management in 2006. Co-Founded Forefront Capital Management and finally joined Edelweiss Multi-Strategy Funds as a Business Head in 2014 and today serves as its MD&CEO.

Speaker Suggestions To Youth
  • Learn to be HAPPY with whatever you have.
  • We cannot control people, but our attitude is in control. We must ensure we offer the best possible way to others with what life has in store for us.
  • Opportunities may be rare, but someone eventually gets to them. So what's stopping us from being those few.
  • Never let that spark of Ambition go dull. It is what keeps moving you ahead to be your best.
  • Focus on doing very well today and have the Ambition to be the best for tomorrow.
  • Be content wherever you are. And if you are not, you have a long way to go.
  • Self Confidence comes from accepting yourself, realizing that you are unique, and then playing your own game. When you do, Play like a champion.
  • For Every Problem, no matter how big, you can end it with a full stop.
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Replace your Attitude with Gratitude