ABOUT

Rahul dares to imagine we can change the world for the better. In a world that too easily settles for less, he believes it is worthy work to envision, believe in, and fight for economic freedom, inclusion, and mutual respect. It’s the work he does every day as an investor and strategic advisor. 

Rahul is passionate about human-led transformation enabled by emerging technologies. He believes that we can make the world better by applying creativity to our greatest problems. He is on a mission to help companies and their leaders not simply endure change, but become skilled at transformation.

Rahul is a world-renowned business advisor, author, and speaker. He works with many top companies, CEOs, and boards. His professional experience spans three decades as a corporate executive, entrepreneur and investor. Multilingual and multicultural, Rahul has worked directly with government agencies, Fortune 500, and international companies in Australia, Asia, Latin America, and Europe on turnaround and growth mandates. Previously, Rahul led growth initiatives including new venture development, acquisitions, and leading large-scale complex change programs at Accenture, Oracle, and Thomson Reuters.

Rahul loves sharing his learnings on a stage, and has delivered keynotes on the topic of leadership, overcoming adversity, and human-centered transformation. Deemed “Silicon Valley’s high powered thinker” by Fortune, "Rahul is the go-to person for sharp thinking, conscious leadership, and turning adversity into an advantage" by Forbes, and “Leadership expert” by Psychology Today. Rahul is also an author and essayist on leadership and overcoming adversity, having published in Leader to Leader, the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute’s award-winning journal and his acclaimed book Slingshot: The Power of Bold Moves.

Rahul is a Dean’s Fellow at the Darden Business School, University of Virginia. He co-teaches value investing at the Georgetown McDonough School of Business where he studied international business and served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Rahul studied at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and holds a dual B.A. in Computer Science and Business Administration from Northwestern College having graduated in three years.

Commitment to do more to advance justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI).