Our goal at antha prerna foundation, desipreneur, and The INDUStry Show is to share the accomplishments, challenges, failures, opportunities, successes, and struggles of the 99 percent, and make an even bigger impact in this country we now call home.



Anand Gala





Anand Gala is a second-generation Indian American who started working with his parents at their Jack in the Box franchise when he was 9 years old; standing on milk crates to reach the point of sale systems. Anand is now the co-founder and Managing Partner of Gala Capital Partners, LLC, a diversified investment and holding company with interests in coffee, chain restaurants, franchising, software & technology, real estate development, and public equities investment. Gala owns and operates more than 500 locations across the United States.



Anjali Forber-Pratt





Anjali Forber-Pratt an Indian American wheelchair racer who competes at the Paralympic level. Anjali is also the Director of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) - a United States governmental agency that provides leadership and support for research related to the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.



Ash Patel





Ash Patel is a first-generation Indian from Zambia who started fundraising for his bank a day before the 9/11 attacks. On the verge of bankruptcy and amidst the wave of brown hate, Ash persisted with his dream. Today, Ash is the CEO of Commercial Bank of California - a $2B community bank with entrepreneurs and purpose at the heart of its mission.



Bela Bajaria





Bela Bajaria is a first-generation London-born Indian and is the Head of Content at Netflix. One of the very few women executives in media, Bela is shaping the future of content. She has been instrumental in bringing several hits to life including Squid Games, Bridgerton, and Never Ever Have I Ever. Bela has also won multiple pageants such as Miss LA, Miss India USA, and Miss India Worldwide.



Manu & Rika Shah





Manu and Rika Shah, first-generation entrepreneurs started MS International in their basement in Indiana in 1975. They have grown MSI 10x every 10 years to more than $2.5B in annual revenues today. MSI is a true basement-to-billions story. Manu and Rika, through their commercial and charitable causes, positively impact and support more than 110,000 families in over 34 countries.



Pujji brothers





Nick Pujji is a partner at Dentons - a leading global law firm. He leads Denton’s Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies practice and serves as the outside in-house counsel to numerous emerging growth and technology startups internationally. Jesse Pujji is the founder/CEO of Gateway X, Executive Chairman/ co-founder of Ampush, Executive Chairman of My Subscription Addiction, and the host of the Business Breakdowns podcast. Vinny Pujji is the co-founder and managing partner of Left Lane Capital. So far, Vinny has deployed over $1B in capital across 22 deals.



Sharmishta Dubey





Sharmishta Dubey was the CEO of the $22B Match Group - the owner of Tinder, OkCupid, Hinge, Match.com, and several other dating apps. Shar, as she is popularly known, is widely credited for making Tinder, and hence Match, a roaring success, and a multi-billion dollar romance juggernaut. A first-generation Indian and graduate of IIT-Kharagpur, Shar has been at Match since 2006 and was CEO of Match worldwide from March 2020 to May 2022.



Sonia Syngal





Sonia Syngal, a first-generation Indian is the CEO of GAP Inc. - the owner of brands including Athleta, Banana Republic, Gap, and Old Navy. Sonia oversees $16B in business in all geographies and channels, across 1200 stores and a team of 130,000 employees. At GAP since 2004, Sonia previously held leadership positions at other Fortune 500 companies such as Sun Microsystems and Ford Motor Co.



Yamini Rangan





Yamini Rangan, a first-generation Indian, is the CEO and board member at HubSpot - the $18B leaders in customer relationship management. Prior to HubSpot, Yamini was the Chief Customer Officer at Dropbox and has held leadership roles at Workday and SAP.



desipreneurs



Sheetal Ajmani



health | wellness



Sulatha Dwarakanath



health



Chaitra Vedullapalli



technology



Aparna Basker



community



Shruti Gandhi



startups



Sharmin Ali



technology | ai



Raghu Bala



technology



Pranav Desai



nonprofit



Krishna Kumar



policy



Gaurav Kumar



technology



Ravi Patel



supply chain



Kevin S. Parikh



technology



Bala Kamallakharan



startups | vc



Mahavir Sharma



startups | vc



Paarth Dhar



technology



Ravi Chamria



technology | blockchain



Priyanka Mathur



healthtech



Ganesh Iyer



storytelling



Nikita Maheshwari



supply chain | technology



Yug Varma



biotechnology



Vipul Agrawal



edtech



Rajeev Kapur



technology | author



Raj Joshi



technology | ai



Ravi Bhagavan



mergers | acquisitions



Veena Jetti



real estate



Karna Chokshi



technology | recruiting



Kenny Dewan



wellness



Vandana Tilak



social entrepeneur



Reshma Dordi



media | wellness



Snehal, Swapnil Shinde



technology | vc



Sona Shah



edtech



Dr. TV Nagendra Prasad



policy | governance



Sunil Gunderia



edtech



Noor Magesh



cybersecurity



Radhika Bajoria



marketing



Mayank Shekhar



media



Sumantra Sengupta



mergers | acquisitions



Kunoor Chopra



legaltech



Neeru Khosla



edtech



Anil Puri



education | economics



Feyzi Fatehi



technology



Amrutha Vasan



edtech



Pradnya Desh



legaltech



Rajeev Kapur



technology | author



Ahana Gautam



food



Ameer Mody



health | wellness



Shama Patel



wellness | franchising



Urvi Tejani



fashion



Shiv Grewal



legaltech | vc



Ashwin Rangan



technology | e-commerce



Ash Patel



banking | finance



Sudhir Chadalvada



coaching | executive



Shruthi Rao



technology | blockchain



Sramana Mitra



technology | vc



Ketan Anjaria



recruiting | coaching



Prateek Joshi



technology | ai



Dr. Pradeep Padala



technology | cloud



Sandeep Kulkarni



media



Vikas Gupta



edtech



Datta Dave



media



Smita Daya



wellness



Subir Chowdhury



quality | author



Nitin Pachisia



vc



Ganesh Shankar



technology



Manu Bhagatjee



technology | hospitality



Rashi Bahri Chitnis



edtech



Rupak Doshi



startups | funding



Sameer Vijayan



media



Reddy Marri



technology



Manoj Shinde



technology | video



Piyush Somani



technology | cloud



Michelle Mehta



coaching | author



Zeena Dhalla



wellness



Mangesh Mahajan



vc



Smita Mohindra



events



Parimal Rohit



media



Shafat Qazi



technology



Samson Koletkar



media



Harvinder Singh



manufacturing | financing



Padmini Aniyan



food



Smita Bagla



technology



Sagar Shah



food



Sundi Sundaresh



technology | philanthropy



Rohitava Banerjee



fashion



Atul Singh



media | journalism



Astha Dixit



art



Dr. Bharat Aggarwal



medicine | research



Svetlana Tulasi



art



Raj Jaswa



technology | philanthropy



Phaneesh Murthy



technology | vc



Dr. Bharat Patel



health | wellness



Vardaan Vasisht



technology | vc



MR Rangaswami



technology | vc | philanthropy



Shail Kumar



nonprofit



Sridar Iyengar



technology | vc | philanthropy



Rina Mehta



art



Dinesh Chawla



hospitality



Ravi Sharma



technology



Anu Chadha



fashion



Poonam Bali



wellness



Anand Gala



food | franchising



BU Patel



hospitality | philanthropy



Vaishali S.



fashion



Ashesh Kamdar



hospitality | events



Suneeta Neogi



manufacturing | fashion



Navneet Chugh



legal | accounting | philanthropy



Smita Vasant



fashion



Rahul Kapoor Jain



wellness



Ravi Tilak



manufacturing



Prateek Bhardwaj



manufacturing



Noor Merchant



retail | finance



Deepa Prahalad



consulting



Shankar Ram



vc



Mohnish Pabrai



investing | author



Vandana Tilak



nonprofit



Manu Shah



construction | technology | philanthropy



Ravi Patel



media



Sramana Mitra



technology | vc



Don Ganguly



real estate



Rizwan Manji



media



Reshma Shetty



media



Hasan Minhaj



media



Payal Kadakia



technology



Melanie Chandra



media



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