Karthik Sarma
Indian businessman
Karthik Sarma (born 1974/1975) is an Indian billionaire hedge fund manager. As of June 2023, his net worth was estimated at US$2.9 billion.
Sarma earned a bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and a master's degree from Princeton University.
Sarma worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Co for three years before joining Tiger Global Management, where he worked for five years. In 2006, he founded the hedge fund SRS Investment Management and now manages $10 billion. SRS owns 43% of Avis Budget Group and Sarma is a director.
In 2021, Sarma was one of eight hedge fund managers to earn over $1 billion, with $2 billion, mostly from a 5.5 times rise in the Avis share price.
He lives in New York City.
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