Amit Bhatia
| Amit Bhatia | |
|---|---|
| Born | London, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Occupation | Owner Swordfish Investments, Ex-Chairman Hope Construction Materials, Vice-Chairman QPR |
| Awards | Asian Business Young Entrepreneur of the Year |
Amit Bhatia, (born London, 1979) is a British-Indian businessman. His parents are Arun and Renu Bhatia. Bhatia is fluent in Hindi, English and Spanish. In 2004 Bhatia married Vanisha Mittal, the only daughter and second child of billionaire steel tycoon and Chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal, Lakshmi Mittal, in a ceremony said to have cost as much as £60 million.
Amit Bhatia was born in London, United Kingdom. Bhatia was educated in Delhi at Columba's School until 1995, followed by Dulwich College in London, United Kingdom, in 1996, and at the British School in Delhi in 1997. Bhatia graduated from Cornell University in 2001, an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, in the United States where he studied Economics & Management. He has since remained involved in alumni matters, now serving on Cornell’s External Advisory Council for Internalization. He has lectured at the University’s Johnson School for MBA students.
Bhatia began his career working in mergers and acquisitions at both Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch in New York before moving to Credit Suisse First Boston in London. He then incubated Swordfish Investments, a Mayfair-based private equity/venture fund, and Swordfish Capital Management, an investment management company. Investments included education, media, telecoms, financial services, technology, consumer goods and real estate. One of Swordfish’s investments, Supercell was (October 2013) named the fastest growing gaming company in the world with $2.5 million sales per day. The Finnish startup raised $130m at an impressive $770m valuation in spring 2013 before selling a 50% stake to Softbank at a $3 billion value. Bhatia has also been recognized as one of the earlier investors in Dropbox. His family are also a co-owner of Air Asia India with Tony Fernandes and Ratan Tata.
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