Anita Gupta

Anita has been a Northern Virginia-based entrepreneur for the past three decades. She is part of a sibling entrepreneurial team, and in 1989, Anita and her brothers (and business partners), Rakesh and Neal founded Aptara. Aptara grew to be the largest publishing services company in the world with over 5000 employees, and was acquired in 2012. The company is based in Falls Church, VA.

In 2009, Anita and her partners founded KiwiTech. KiwiTech has created an ecosystem for entrepreneurs to succeed by supporting their technology development and investment efforts. At KiwiTech, Anita has driven start-up as well as mid- to large-enterprise sales and marketing. Anita's passion for the entrepreneurial dream led to speaking opportunities at various conferences and events, including the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs' National Capital Meeting, FICCI's Big Data and Analytics Conclave in New Delhi, and KiwiTech's Female Founder Demo Day. She has also been featured in the Marietta College's alumni magazine, Trailblazer.

A native of Marietta, Ohio, Anita has a bachelor's degree in computer science from Marietta College. Her interest in public and private governance led her to a master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard University.