Home: Seattle, WA; Greenwich CT. Age: 58 years . Birthplace: Chennai, India. Profession: Operator, investor, business builder, counselor, coach. Organization: Clyde Hill Advisors. Title: Managing Partner. Pronouns: He/Him/His. Significant other: Vidhya Narasimhan. Alma mater: University of Pennsylvania (MBA, MA); COEP Technological University (BE). Languages spoken: English, German, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi, Spanish.
Current project: Board Member, investor. Recent recognition: Named to the board of Just Capital. Latest contribution to others: Coach to startup CEOs, Brookings, Just Capital. What’s been your big (or biggest leap)? Coming to America to study, with no money. Hobbies: Poetry, music, international affairs. Recent travel or adventure: Eleven-day meditation. Last book read: 1929, by Andrew Ross Sorkin. Recently viewed and recommended: Shogun. Recent unique acquisition: Indian contemporary art.
Personality profile: Energetic, engaged, connected, present, witty; ENFP. What one word would your closest friend use to describe you? Mensch. Moral compass: The Bhagavad Gita. How do you define a perfect friendship? Trust, present no matter what, unconditional. How do you define an ideal business relationship? Trust, consistency, mutually beneficial. What is your greatest joy? My children. What is your greatest fear? Irrelevance and getting tainted reputationally. What is your guilty pleasure? Chocolate. What word or phrase do you use far too often? Limitless. What natural talent have you neglected? Poetry. What occupation, other than your own, do you most admire? Painters.
What three emojis best describe you? 🤣👍✅.
What is your favorite place (or way) to spend money? Art, investing in startups. What is at the top of your bucket list? Ensuring my children are settled financially; saving for old age for my wife and me; getting back reputationally to who I was always perceived to be. How do you relieve stress? Prayer. What is your go-to workout? Elliptical. What ingredient is essential to your perfect vacation? Culture and/or history.
What was your first paying job? Graduate engineer in a company in India. What was your favorite college course? Western European History. What was your favorite childhood toy or game? Cricket. What book have you repeatedly read? The Seasons of a Man’s Life, by Daniel J. Levinson. What movie have you repeatedly watched? Amadeus. What’s prominently featured on your home or office wall? My family. Besides your parents, who has had the greatest influence on your life? My father’s ex-boss. What’s the best advice you received growing up? You can do it, all you have to do is try. What modern technology innovation do you most appreciate? The iPhone. What is your favorite app? Wall Street Journal. What is your go-to source of news and information? New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Instagram, Facebook. What is your go-to source of creative inspiration? Instagram. What company or organization do you most admire? International Refugee Commission. What world event has had the greatest influence on your life? The Israel Gaza crisis. What personal circumstance has had the greatest influence on your life? the death of my siblings.
What is your big idea?
GLP1 will fundamentally change the world of food beverages and nutrition.
What change are you working on to effect in your profession or field? Rethinking food beverage and nutrition from seed to shelf to fork to care. What change would you like to see in the world? Less war, greater inclusion, more economic wealth distribution. What message do you want to send out into the world? The opportunities are limitless. What widely held belief do you reject? That we are going to be one day vassals to technology. What mega-trend most excites you? Nutrition and longevity. What mega-trend most concerns you? The seeming momentum toward war.
What title would you choose for the movie about your life? Limitless. What actor would you choose to play you in the movie about your life? Aamir Khan. Who would you like to spend an evening with, in heaven? My parents. As a kid, what did you first want to be when you grew up? A sportsman (tennis, cricket). After your loved ones, what object would you first save from your burning home? Photographs. How would you choose to spend tomorrow, if you knew it was your last day on earth? With my wife and children. What advice would you give your younger self? Stay confident and stay true. What day in your life would you choose to re-live? The day I told my mother I had become a CEO. What period in your life would you do differently, if you could? I would not have moved my children during high school.
Personal mission: Unleash the limitless. Personal motto: It’s in the giving to others that there is joy. Favorite quote: “Do unto others….” (the Bible). Desired epitaph: He made a difference - to his family, to the world.
