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THE JOURNEY TO BECOMING A MEDIA ENTREPRENEUR
BW Businessworld
|24 August 2024
Trained as a chartered accountant, SAURAV BANERJEE'S path to becoming a venture capitalist and the managing director and founder of MyyTake is a case in point of how CAs are contributing to the success of their organisations
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From the offices of Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) to the bustling media corridors of NDTV, and later, the boardrooms of venture capital firms, Saurav Banerjee’s journey is marked by several pivots making him the media entrepreneur that he is today. Trained as a chartered accountant, and now as the managing director and founder of MyyTake as well as a venture capitalist, his career trajectory offers a perspective on how his expertise helped redefine success in diverse industries.
Banerjee’s professional odyssey began at 21. His early career focused on facilitating the listing of Indian companies on global stock exchanges, a role that honed his financial acumen and strategic foresight.
The Early Media Days
This story is from the 24 August 2024 edition of BW Businessworld.
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