Adil Adi is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. Adil serves as the Principal of his eponymous Family Office and the Executive Chairman of WorldLink, a company he founded in 1998.
Adi was born in Bombay, India and received recognition as a prominent junior cricket player. He began his first company as a teenager, selling military-grade brackets for batteries to companies in India. He later earned a diploma in Production Engineering from the University of Bombay before traveling to the United States to pursue his MBA from Phillips University. Within a few months of arriving in the United States, Adil lost his mother to breast cancer and father to cardiac arrest. Adil worked several jobs to pay for his education. Following the completion of his graduate studies, Adil moved to Dallas to begin work as an engineer.
Adi began his career as an engineer for Technical Advisors in Dallas, Texas. While working as an engineer, he formed the idea for WorldLink to address the talent gap for engineering. Under Adil’s leadership, WorldLink has grown from 1 employee to over 1,200 in offices throughout the world. WorldLink’s recognition from Inc., Deloitte, and others can be attributed to its Cloud & Data/Analytics Consulting, Talent Solutions, and Managed Services to some of the world’s largest corporations. WorldLink partners with leading start-ups to bring the most cutting-edge technology to its clients, and is constantly vetting and incorporating next-generation solutions. To combine his track record of innovating with his passion for extending quality of life, Adil is supporting game-changing ideas and entrepreneurs using technology to create measurable impact in health sciences. His strong mission and vast network from Government Leaders in areas of need to leading Silicon Valley VCs have enabled Adil a valuable platform to create paradigm shifts at the intersection of health sciences and technology. As recognition for his WorldLink vision, Adil was a 2016 Finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Southwest region.
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