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Episode Synopsis
Tarang Gupta hosts Mani Mahadevan, the Founder & CEO of Valur, a fintech startup helping democratize access to the tax optimization and asset protection tools of billionaires.
In this episode you will hear about:
- Increasing complications in the US tax code
- Making tax mitigation strategies accessible through tech
- Starting a company during the pandemic
- Taking the plunge from corporate roles to entrepreneurship
And much more!
About Mani Mahadevan
Mani is the Founder and CEO at Valur. Prior to founding Valur, Mani was Chief of Staff for Apple Card at Marcus by Goldman Sachs and before that he held product and operation roles at the Remote Year and Medallia. Mani started his career as a Business Analyst at McKinsey and holds a Bachelors from the University of Michigan.
About Valur
Founded in 2020, Valur takes the tax optimization and asset protection tools of the ultra-wealthy and makes them accessible to everyone. Valur democratizes the tax planning tools necessary to grow wealth more efficiently, through technology thereby simplifying them and making them affordable to all.
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In this episode you will hear about:
- Increasing complications in the US tax code
- Making tax mitigation strategies accessible through tech
- Starting a company during the pandemic
- Taking the plunge from corporate roles to entrepreneurship
And much more!
About Mani Mahadevan
Mani is the Founder and CEO at Valur. Prior to founding Valur, Mani was Chief of Staff for Apple Card at Marcus by Goldman Sachs and before that he held product and operation roles at the Remote Year and Medallia. Mani started his career as a Business Analyst at McKinsey and holds a Bachelors from the University of Michigan.
About Valur
Founded in 2020, Valur takes the tax optimization and asset protection tools of the ultra-wealthy and makes them accessible to everyone. Valur democratizes the tax planning tools necessary to grow wealth more efficiently, through technology thereby simplifying them and making them affordable to all.
For more FinTech insights, follow us on
WFT Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech
WFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech
WFT Instagram: instagram.com/whartonfintech
Tarang’s Twitter: twitter.com/tg_tarang
Tarang’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/taranggupta100
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