Saurabh Mittal (born 1973) is a Singapore-based Indian businessman, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of Mission Holdings, a private investment holding company.

Education

Mittal attended the

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in Delhi for a BS in

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, where he was the Best Graduating Student. Mittal also holds an

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

from

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and graduated as a

Baker Scholar Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA ...

Career

In 1999, Mittal co-founded

Indiabulls The Indiabulls Group is an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Gurgaon, whose primary businesses are housing finance, consumer finance, and real estate. The Group also has a presence in wealth management, construction equipment rentals, pharm ...

, a financial services and real estate conglomerate in India, with his undergraduate classmates from the Indian Institute of Technology. He served as

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of its board of directors until he stepped down in 2014. He later joined

Farallon Capital Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. is an American multi-strategy hedge fund headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded by Tom Steyer in 1986, the firm employs approximately 230 professionals in eight countries around the world. Farall ...

as an investment associate in 2001 before he became a full partner at Noonday Capital, an affiliate of Farallon, in 2005. Mittal left both Farallon and Noonday in 2011. While studying for his MBA at

, Mittal befriended

Chatri Sityodtong Chatri Trisiripisal ( th, ชาตรี ตรีศิริพิศาล, ), known by the ring names Chatri Sityodtong ( th, ชาตรี ศิษย์ยอดธง, ) and Yodchatri Sityodtong ( th, ยอดชาตรี ศิ� ...

, and the pair later established martial arts promotion ONE Championship in 2011. Mittal was appointed Vice Chairman of the company in 2018. In 2011, Mittal founded Incedo Inc. with operating partners to focus on data and

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in the US. In 2017, Nitin Seth took over from Mittal as Chief Executive Officer of Incedo, while Mittal remained as chairman. In 2014, Mittal set up Mission Holdings, a private investment holding company with a focus on financial services, media, real estate, and technology, and he is its chairman and sole shareholder. In 2019, Mittal was ranked as the 44th richest person in Singapore with a net worth of $700 million.

Board memberships

* Chairman, Mission Holdings * Chairman, Incedo Inc. * Vice chairman,

ONE Championship ONE Championship (formerly ONE Fighting Championship) is a Singaporean combat sports promotion. Founded on 14 July 2011 by entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui, its events have featured mixed ...

* Deserve, INC.

Philanthropy

Mittal has served on Harvard Business School's Advisory Board, is a Founder and Trustee of Plaksha University, and is a Founder and Board Member of the IIT Delhi Endowment Fund. He is also member of the governing body of Parivaar, a charitable organization focused on the care and development of highly-vulnerable children, and a member of the Founder's Circle of Avasara Academy, a school dedicated to developing young Indian women. In 2020, Mittal donated RS. 10 Crore towards building the Mittal Sports Centre at IIT Delhi.

Personal life

Mittal has three children.

Honors

Distinguished Alumnus Award 2017,

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi is a public institute of technology located in New Delhi, India. It is one of the 23 IITs created to be Centres of Excellence for training, research and development in science, engineering and technolo ...

References

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