Radhika Gupta

Radhika Gupta (born 1983) is an Indian business executive. She is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Edelweiss Asset Management Limited.[1][2][3][4] Gupta started at Edelweiss Global Asset Management as business head of multi-strategy funds and was responsible for setting the strategic direction for the team’s investment, distribution and platform.[5] She is India’s only female head of a major asset manager and has set up the country's first domestic hedge fund.[6] She is known as "the girl with the broken neck".[7]

Radhika Gupta
Radhika Gupta
Born
Radhika Gupta

1983 (1983)
NationalityIndian
Alma mater[Wharton university]
OccupationCEO, Edelweiss Asset Management Ltd.
Known forInvestment Management
Spouse(s)Nalin Moniz
Parent(s)
  • Yogesh Gupta
  • Arti Gupta

Early life

Gupta was born to a diplomat father who was an Indian Foreign Service official. With her family, she moved across continents.[8] She was born in Pakistan, where she had complications at her birth and she ended up with a broken neck which she describes is a "weird tilt" to her head.[7]

Education

Gupta is a graduate of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology from the University of Pennsylvania.[5] She received the Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Computer Science from University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Bachelor of Science degree in Economics (Concentrations in Finance and Management) from the University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School in 2005.[1] She graduated summa cum laude - an honor awarded to a student whose grade point average (GPA) is between 3.80 and 4.00.[6]

Career

Gupta started her career in 2005 at McKinsey & Company as a Business Analyst. In 2006, she was a part of the global asset allocation team at AQR Capital Management, LLC, as Portfolio Manager.[1][9]

Along with Nalin Moniz and Anant Jatia, Gupta founded Forefront Capital Management in 2009, which was acquired by Edelweiss Financial Services Limited in 2014.[9] In 2016, Gupta assisted with the acquisition of Ambit Alpha Fund and acquisition of the onshore business of JPMorgan Asset Management.[10]

Prior to moving as CEO of Edelweiss Asset Management in 2017, Gupta headed Edelweiss Multi Strategy Funds Management Pvt. Ltd and was responsible for setting the strategic direction, overseeing investments, sales and distribution. She replaced Vikaas Sachdeva who was the previous CEO.[10]

References
  1. "Radhika Gupta Profile". Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  2. "Radhika Gupta takes charge as the CEO of Edelweiss AMC". Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  3. "In the pink of wealth". theweek.in. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. "Write your own story. The world will listen: Radhika Gupta". DNA India. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  5. "Radhika Gupta". Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  6. "The 'Girl With a Broken Neck' Builds a $4 Billion Asset Manager". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  7. Reliance GCS (10 September 2018), The girl with a broken neck | Radhika Gupta | Women Achiever | Success Story | GCSConnect, retrieved 23 April 2019
  8. Bisht, Bhawana (11 September 2018). "I Thrive In Chaos, Says Edelweiss CEO Radhika Gupta". SheThePeople TV. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  9. "Edelweiss buys out hedge fund manager Forefront Capital". VCCircle. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  10. "Radhika Gupta Appointed CEO of Edelweiss Asset Management". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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