5 hours Ago By Varnika Srivastava
Namita Thapar is a well-recognized name these days, not only as a judge in Shark Tank India but more importantly as an extremely successful entrepreneur. The founder of Thapar Entrepreneur Academy, Namita is truly an inspiration to many with her courageous take on life and business. While she is also on a number of prestigious boards like the India Regional Advisory Board at Fuqua School of Business and TiE Mumbai, Namita has been known for her presence on television.
She's also a vibrant member of the Young Presidents Organization. Besides that, an extension of her influence covers international arenas such as Harvard Business School, IIM Ahmedabad, and the ET Women's Conference where one has spoken on subjects such as business, resilience, and innovation. Namita has really entered the business world outside of India.
She is an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and a Chartered Accountant from ICAI. After that, she worked Business Finance Head in US for Guidant Corporation for a period of 6 years and opened a new door for her corporate career. It was a great turning point for her, joining Emcure Pharmaceuticals as CFO, eventually rising to Executive Director.
“People, from 10-year-olds to executives, know such business jargons as EBITDA and equity, for which I paid a bomb in business school. We have simplified it through story-based understanding.” Namita is counted among the richest and is living her life to the hilt.
With her reported net worth of ₹ 600 crore, she enjoys staying in a fabulous house worth ₹ 50 crore, in Pune. She flaunts her priceless taste in luxury from her ₹ 20 lakh designer shoes, which were spotted at a Shark Tank episode, to her euphoric collection of wheels that includes a BMW X7, a Mercedes-Benz GLE, and an Audi Q7-. Namita has stirred many controversies over the years but her views on the 70-hour work week have taken this debate up a notch.
On Shark Tank, she defended her viewpoint saying that such brutal hours would only work for founders who have an actual stake in the company, not for people who do not share the same kind of upside. On a podcast, she bluntly put it: "As founders, we work over 20 hours a day because we hold 80 percent of our company. My accountant in finance, though, does not have such a motivation.
" Her sharp wit shone through when she addressed the same topic in another interview: "Change India: Go for a 140-hour work week. But don't marry or have kids-you owe them your time too." Namita Thapar's early days have much in them to tell about the ambition of man, resilience of the spirit, and living to one's values.
Be it boardrooms or TV screens; she is all set to illumine another generation of dreamers and doers..
