Meet Harsha Venkatesh, an investor, engineer, and serial entrepreneur who has lived across three continents and built a life at the intersection of technology and finance.

In this opening episode of Season 4, Harsha traces his journey from childhood visits to the Bangalore Stock Exchange with his father, through a decade-long semiconductor career spanning Germany and the US, to becoming one of India's top-performing portfolio managers.

We dig into his investment philosophy shaped by Buffett, Munger, and Pabrai, the low point of navigating SEBI regulations as a first-time fund manager, and his deeply practical approach to teaching his children about money. Expect sharp thinking on India's economic future, the changing face of warfare through drones, and why the best investment you can make is in the people around you.

Core Ideas:

• The power of curiosity as a compounding asset and why being an all-rounder is an edge in investing.

• How cloning the best investors' frameworks (not their stock picks) builds a durable investment practice.

• Why the people around you-spouse, friends, business partners are the single most important factor in long-term success.

• India's non-threatening positioning on the global stage as a structural economic advantage.

• The intersection of AI and wealth management and what it means for the next generation of investors.

• Teaching children money management from age five through pocket money, incentives, and real stock portfolios.