Kavita Sahai, MBA

Kavita Sahai has over two decades of professional experience, with a background in investment banking, private equity, startup consulting, entrepreneurship, and education. After working as an Investment Banking Analyst at Wachovia Securities, they transitioned to private equity, serving as a Growth Equity Fund Executive at TA Associates and a Consumer Product Turnaround Fund Associate at Sun Capital Partners. Later, they worked as a Head of Channel Development for BackOps and a Growth Consultant for Have BIGplans, LLC. In 2016, they became the CEO and Founder of their own company, K Sahai, and is still currently in that role. Sahai also spent four years as an Adjunct Professor at Lynn University, where they co-created the entrepreneurship curriculum and annual business plan competition. Throughout their career, Sahai has executed on mergers and acquisitions, structured debt and equity transactions, and developed turnaround and restructuring strategies for distressed portfolio companies.

Kavita Sahai holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Florida, which they obtained from 1998-2001. Kavita later pursued an MBA in Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies from the prestigious Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, from 2006-2008. In addition to their formal education, Kavita has also earned several certifications in areas such as yoga instruction, evidence-based optimal nutrition, and aromatherapy from institutions including Yoga Journey Inc., Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and ExpertRating Inc. respectively.