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Gaurav Kapadia: evaluation

10 Dec 2025 Conversations with Tyler Gaurav Kapadia on New York City, Investing, and Contemporary Art

“I learned how corporations work, which, if you’re an investor like me, it’s actually a really important thing because investors have this handicap where they just assume that what’s on a spreadsheet is how organizations work.”

— Gaurav Kapadia

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Gaurav Kapadia
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10 Dec 2025
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Conversations with Tyler

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…So, you learned how things work. I learned how things work. I learned how corporations work, which, if you’re an investor like me, it’s actually a really important thing because investors have this handicap where they just assume that what’s on a spreadsheet is how organizations work. That’s obviously not how organizations work. There’s much more complicated dynamics around how to do that. Now, of course, being a strategy consultant is not the same as being an executive. It just gave me a slightly different lens, which I believe actually ended up accelerating my competitive advantage early in my investing career. That’s when you met Rishi Sunak? You worked with him?…

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