Venkat Mallya

Venkat Mallya is a serial entrepreneur with over 35 years of global experience in seeding, growing and managing corporations. Apart from being a co-founder for The Sieve, Mr. Mallya is also a founding partner at Avichi Holdings LLC. a real estate investment group of companies specializing in Multi Family assets. Over 30 years, he founded Masters Choice Corporation (MCC), iknowvate Technologies Inc. and Imetris Corporation in the IT Services area, servicing Global Automotive majors. Additionally, Mr. Mallya was part of the leadership team of A2 Incubator along with Professor C K Prahlad of University of Michigan and Prof Pradeep Choudhry of East Michigan University that seeded 8 different companies. Prior to being an entrepreneur, he served as Vice President; Corporate Officer at Syntel Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNT) and was part of the core leadership team that took it through a successful IPO in 1996. Mr. Mallya is an Executive Scholar from Kellogg School of Management and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management from Mumbai University. He is a founding member of Michigan Cricket Association. He has also served as the Executive Director of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce.