Creating value at companies of various size and industry, through strategy, M&A, financing and partnership
Gautam has long had a love of problem solving and numbers, which partially led him to graduate from Stanford in Math & Computational Science. Going to college however in the valley, he was able to see the inner workings of many leading companies especially starting at McKinsey. From there he spent many years, before and after graduating from Harvard Business School, leading strategy, investments, acquisitions, partnerships and divestitures across a number of enterprise, e-commerce, media and consumer platforms first at Cisco and then at eBay.
Still, there remained an itch to work with smaller companies which led him to then head up corporate and business development at BlueCat, and later to lead corporate development at Next Insurance. Prior to EQT, Gautam has led strategy and activity that resulted in over $10B of deals in addition to several successful venture exits.
As an Operating Partner at EQT Ventures, Gautam provides the portfolio with experience and focus to help management drive external growth, strengthen industry and financial relationships, and plan as well as execute strategic financings and exits.