Wealth Planet ABHIJIT KULKARNI Founder & CEO
Q Why did you not become a computer engineer at the turn of the century? Would have been a nice easy option in India back then. I was able to foresee a huge saturation in the IT industry back then, and I am a person who generally likes to avoid saturated field. I don’t like to go with the flow where large number of people follow each other just because of temporary bubble or speculation. Whereas, I like to go against the wave where people avoid to go. And that is why I first Animation industry because it was new in India back then and when I came to know about Forex and especially that only 5% traders able to sustain in this industry, that thing challenged me to drive towards forex market. I am still enjoying it. Q Coming from a small town, did this make an impact on your goal setting for your future achievement? In fact, it helped me a lot for goal setting. Because when things are small and not much in favour of you, only then you start fighting and dreaming for a bigger one. This is what happened with me at the very early college days. It built a never ending passion in me and I thank to my surrounding. I will never say it to small town because it has played a big role in my life. Q Did your passion for animation transfer to your skills as a successful fund manager? Of course yes. I would like to mention it in a little different way. When I practiced Animation, it helped to develop a lot of patience in me. And to be a fund manager, you should have a lot of patience and thanks to my Animation experience that gave me the patience I needed for fund management business. The only change was I had to see numbers on screen instead of graphics & characters.
GAME CHANGERS Issue #23
