S1E170 - “Ram" PV Ramanathan: From Oil Rigs to Fund Management: An Unlikely Journey: How a Chartered Accountant Built Wealth Through Patient Capital and Zero Leverage

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P.V. Ramanathan is a Dubai-based entrepreneur, chartered accountant, and fund-of-funds manager who led a successful leveraged buyout in 2003, founded Neeti Fund, and hosts the prestigious ValueX Middle East conference annually.

3:00 - Ram's middle-class Indian upbringing and early exposure to family finances through banking errands with his father, sparking entrepreneurial drive

6:00 - Career journey from Ernst & Young Dubai to Schlumberger, learning business operations by spending weekends on oil rigs in coveralls

9:30 - "Money has always been an...