- By Dr Yash Goyal
NEW YORK/JAIPUR (TIP): Hailing from Rajasthan, Shreya is the Youngest South Asian Girl Investor in the Flagship Private Equity Buyout fund at Apollo Global at just 21 years. She has evaluated 35+ investments, gaining reputation within TMT and Consumer & Retail, and overseeing Apollo Funds’ multi-billion-dollar discretionary retail portfolio company.
She also spearheads Apollo Women Empowers Speaker Series, having hosted Indra Nooyi (Former PepsiCo Chairman & CEO), Betsy Atkins (multi-time Board member), Karlie Kloss (supermodel), among others.
Ms. Nooyi remarked to Shreya personally: ‘You are the future of the world. Dream Big & Aspire”.
Growing up in a small town in India as a single girl child, her parents ensured her to receive a quality education. At 15, she became President of Rajasthan’s first MIT LaunchX program and was accepted into Columbia University’s Entrepreneurship Summer Immersion Program, sparking an unattainable dream of seeking a world-class education abroad.
“These experiences shaped my dream into a reality, leading me to the University of Chicago, where I was the only Indian national recipient awarded the $300k+ merit-based Odyssey Scholarship. At UChicago, I studied Economics & Computer Science, and earned the Dougan Scholars certificate from Chicago Booth MBA. I graduated at just 19 with Latin Honors, Harper’s Excellence Scholar Award, and Dean’s List. During my time, I served as the President of the Women in Business Finance and chaired the Student Government’s RSO committee. I was also a Teaching Assistant for distinguished graduate-level courses, such as Scott Meadow for Entrepreneurial Finance & Private Equity, and Complex Deals”, she told TIP.
At 17, she secured a Sophomore Investment Banking internship at JPMorgan in NYC, becoming the youngest Investment Banker in history. “At JPM, within 8 months, I covered high-profile transactions, including Take-Two’s $13bn acquisition of Zynga (largest video-game transaction ever), Getty Images’ going public via SPAC ($5bn), and NielsenIQ’s cross-border acquisition of GfK, ” she said.
She also served as the Engagement and Philanthropy Chair for the JPMorgan Women in Banking (largest women’s affinity network), hosting luminaries such as Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chairman & CEO). Mr. Dimon complimented her for doing a “fabulous job moderating the conversation,” mentioning as “poised, polished, and personable” and “wishing all the best for my future endeavors.”
She is engaged to serve as a Board Member for the UChicago NYC Alumni Chapter, co-launching the first-ever 5+ fully sold-out Young Alumni Brunch Series. Shreya is involved in leadership positions with Global Female Investors Network, OneFinnet Finance Network, and The Program NYC, coaching and providing mentorship to 10,000+ aspiring students across panels & conferences over the years.
(Dr Yash Goyal is The Indian Panorama Special correspondent in Jaipur)