Ravi Mantha | |
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| Born | Ravi Kanth Mantha 1972 or 1973 [1] Hyderabad, India |
| Alma mater | University of Puget Sound (BBA) [1] |
| Spouse | Kavitha Mantha [2] |
| Children | 2 [2] |
Ravi Kanth Mantha (born 1972 or 1973) is an Indian businessman, investor, author, and former economic and political advisor. [1]
Mantha was born and raised in Hyderabad, India where he attended The Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur. [3] Mantha earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Puget Sound in 1994. [4] [1] He also earned the CFA (chartered financial analyst) charter from the CFA Institute (previously known as AIMR), in 1997.
In 2001, Mantha began working at Fidelity Investments as a portfolio manager for a fund worth around $1 billion. Mantha continued working at Fidelity till 2011, and by then the fund had grown to $34 billion. [1] [5]
In 2012, Mantha met Srikanth Bolla in Hyderabad after being introduced by a common friend. Together, Bolla and Mantha would found Bollant Industries, an organization that employs uneducated and disabled employees to manufacture eco-friendly packaging solutions. [6] In 2016, Bollant received backing from billionaire Ratan Tata. [7] As of 2022, Bollant Industries was worth an estimated £48 million. [8]
In 2013, Mantha published his first book, All About Bacteria with HarperCollins. [9] [10]
In 2014, Mantha was a political advisor to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Mantha assisted Narendra Modi with his 2014 election strategy. [11] The same year, Mantha published A Journey: Poems by Narendra Modi, translating Modi's poetry from Gujarati to English. [12] [13]
In 2015, Mantha published his third book, The Baby Elephant Diet: A Modern Indian Guide to Eating Right. [14] [15]
Mantha and his wife Kavitha own and operate the Baby Elephant Farm, a 17-acre food forest in Shankarpally, Telangna along with Sage Sustainable Living, a store selling raw produce from their farm and Sage Farm Cafe, an organic restaurant in Hyderabad. [2] [16] [17]
In 2022, a biopic film Srikanth , featuring Rajkummar Rao in the lead role of Srikanth Bolla was announced with Sharad Kelkar playing the supporting role of Ravi Mantha. [18] [19] The film released on 10 May 2024 with Kelkar's performance as Mantha being generally praised. [20] [21] [22] [23]