Shark Tank India Fever! Radhika Gupta Gets Startup Pitches By Techie & Guard At Mumbai Airport

Edelweiss Mutual Fund CEO and MD Radhika Gupta is the latest entrant to the Shark Tank India judges panel. While she has appeared only in a handful of episodes till now, people across generations have started recognising her as a mentor and guide. She witnessed this first-hand at the Mumbai airport recently when she was approached by two random people while she was on her way to board her flight.?

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She took to her LinkedIn page to share the incident.

Radhika Gupta Shared That Shark Tank India Is Making India Dream Big As An Elderly Security Guard And A Young Techie Shared Business Proposals With Her At The Airport

She wrote, “Flew out of Mumbai today, and was furiously walking to catch a flight post gate change.

In the walk, two people approached me because of Shark Tank India. One was a young SaaS techie, who was looking to eventually start a business. Another was an elderly security guard at the airport. As both walked with me, the elderly gentleman told me about a quick pitch about a business he wanted to start in his hometown in Karnataka.

The appeal of the show amazes me. It cuts across age, gender, income levels, and education. And this is new India - where regardless of where you come from and who you are, you dream of building!"

Who Is Radhika Gupta?

For the unversed, Gupta is the Managing Director and CEO of Edelweiss Mutual Fund. She took over this position in February 2017 after serving as the Business head of Edelweiss Multi-Strategy Funds for almost three years.?

Not just this, Gupta is also an accomplished author and is recognized by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a young global leader.

As per her LinkedIn bio, she describes herself as, "Asset management professional, who enjoys leading teams and building businesses. Proud daughter of an Indian diplomat, global citizen, and child of change. Writer, storyteller, TEDx and Josh Talks speaker, finding magic in words.”

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“I'm a girl on a mission, with wings of fire! And I share my little stories along this journey on LinkedIn."

As for her education background, Gupta has a BSc in Economics from The Wharton School and a B.S.E in Computer Science Engineering. She also pursued the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology from the University of Pennsylvania.?

Shark Tank India is available for streaming on SonyLiv India.?

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