Karan Bhagat

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Karan Bhagat
NationalityIndian
Alma mater IIM Bangalore, 2001
Occupation(s)Founder, MD & CEO of IIFL Wealth
Organization IIFL Wealth & Asset Management
SpouseShilpa Bhagat

Karan Bhagat is an Indian entrepreneur and investor, who is the founder, CEO and MD of IIFL Wealth & Asset Management, an Indian wealth management firm. [1] He has been listed in fortuneindia.com's 40 Under 40 list in 2016 and 2017. [2] [3] He was also a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2018. [4] [5]

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Early life and education

He hails from a Marwari business family of Kolkata. Bhagat completed his MBA from Indian Institute of Management in 2001. [6]

Career

Before joining IIM, he ran a travel agency in 1996 for a brief while. Later, he joined Kotak Mahindra Bank and served as the head of Kotak Mahindra Bank's wealth management practice for Mumbai. [6]

In April 2008, Bhagat along with his friends Yatin Shah and Amit Shah founded IIFL Wealth Management Ltd. as a unit of IIFL Holdings. [6]

His company IIFL Wealth sold a 21.6% stake in the wealth unit to General Atlantic for ₹ 1.2 billion (USD173 million) in October 2015. As of September 2019, IIFL Wealth & Asset Management has around Rs.1,70,000 crore of assets under advice, distribution and management. [7] He is also an angel investor in half-a-dozen startups. [1] [8] [9]

Public and media appearances

Some of his public appearances are:

YearTitleRef
2019Speaker, Cafe Mutual IFA CIFA [10]
2018Fortune India Next 500 Annual Summit [11]
2018ETMarkets Global Summit [12]
2018IIMBue [13]
2018The Wealth Manager, on Times Now [14]
2018Tata Literature Live! [15]
2017Asset Reboot, on ET Now [16]
2017Market Makers Show, on ET Now [17]
Panel discussion, Tribute to Titans (Marwar India Magazine) [18]

Awards and recognition

YearAward(s)Notes
2015Youth Business Tycoons Under 40 by Indiatimes.com [19]
2016 Fortune India's 40 Under 40 list [3]
2017 Fortune India's 40 Under 40 list
2017 The Economic Times's 40 under 40 list 2017 [20]
2017Indian Wealth Management - Award for Excellence by Hubbis [21]
2018Best Wealth Management Thought Leader - India Wealth Awards [22]
2017-18Global Indian of the Year - India's Greatest Brands & Leaders
2017-18Global Indian of the Year by URS asiaone.co.in [23]
2018Finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award [24]

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