8: CXO Fun Facts with Prashant Mehta
In this latest edition of TalkCXOLife, Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life interviews Prashant Mehta, Partner at Lightbox, a venture capital firm in Mumbai. Now, Prashant is also known as the endurance man. Why you ask? Imagine pedaling from Mumbai to Pune and back, that is about 330km, for 13 hours, and (no don’t run out of breath as yet) then within the same week of pulling off that feat, trekking to the Everest basecamp! Well, that is Prashant Mehta for you ladies and gentlemen! Born in Mumbai, and having spent his growing years between India and Africa, Prashant studied biotechnology in the U.S. but ended up working for a bank, pursuing an MBA from Wharton School after which he headed straight to work for Lehman Brothers which helped him understand the art of investing in emerging markets. He subsequently moved to Silicon Valley to head Yahoo’s commercial operations for emerging markets. This is the CXO Fun Facts segment and an official warrant to turn up the amusement quotient on TalkCXOLife which is why it is unmissable! Stay tuned to know some interesting and fun insights about Prashant Mehta including why orange has been the black for him since quite a while, 9 of his most precious days of his life, some of his most enthralling journeys, dishes he loves to cook, his favorite comfort food, his fear, a quirky business idea that he believed in and took off and an unusual obsession which probably even his family is unaware of and I guess he would rather it stayed that way! You don’t want to miss this one!