Kabir Sehgal
Kabir Sehgal is a multi-New York Times bestselling author and multi-Grammy & Latin Grammy award winner. A composer, librettist, and musician, his productions have garnered ten nominations and seven Grammy awards as a record producer. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of eighteen books including five non-fiction books. Earlier in his career, Sehgal worked in corporate strategy at First Data Corporation, a global payments tech firm in New York. He was also Vice President in Emerging Market Equities at JP Morgan, where he traveled to more than 25 developing countries to gather and generate investment advice for large, multi-strategy institutional investors. In addition, he helped place the Alibaba IPO, the largest in history. Today, Sehgal is Founder of Tiger Turn; contributor at CNBC, Fortune, and HBR; and a dynamic speaker on a wide diversity of topics, ranging from civil rights and mentorship to capitalism and economics.
Kabir Sehgal Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Vice President in Emerging Market Equities
Academic History
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A.B.
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M.Sc.
MORE ABOUT SEHGAL
Sehgal is a former investment banker and corporate executive.
He is a US Navy veteran and reserve, who served on active duty with special operations in the Middle East. He received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal.
He served as a speechwriter on a presidential campaign, and started his career by founding an online education network.
He serves on the Advisory Council of NYU’s Center for Business and Human Rights.
He was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and the French-American Foundation.
MEDIA, BOOKS & PUBLISHING
His book "A Bucket of Blessings" was adapted into a stage production at the Alliance Theatre.
"Fandango at the Wall" was nominated for an Audie Award for Best Original Work.
"Carry On" was nominated for an Audie Award for Business and Personal Development.
"Why You Should Have (at least) Two Careers" was named one of the 30 most influential articles by Harvard Business Review in its 100-year history.
He has appeared on CNN, PBS, NPR, C-SPAN, CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, National Geographic, Fusion, and Cheddar TV.
He has appeared in Variety, Billboard, Financial Times, The Associated Press, The New Yorker.
His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Fortune, Foreign Policy, HBR, Newsweek, MarketWatch, CNBC, Inc., The Nation, TheStreet, Quartz, Reader’s Digest, Atlanta Journal Constitution, among others.
GRAMMY AWARDS
64th, Best Spoken Word Album: Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation from John Lewis
63rd, Best Latin Jazz Album: Four Questions
62nd, Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: The Omni-American Book Club
61st, Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom
60th, Best Latin Jazz Album: Jazz Tango
59th, Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom
57th, Best Latin Jazz Album: The Offense of the Drum