With a career spanning over 23 years and three continents, Vivek Gahlaut has accomplished tremendously in his field of expertise. Vivek made remarkable achievements from his humble beginnings in India to his pivotal responsibilities in the United States and his entrepreneurial triumphs in the United Arab Emirates and became an inspiration for many young generations.
Early education and the start of a career
Vivek Gahlaut earned his diploma from the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra in 1997 and joined one of his first jobs at Toshiba in New Delhi, India, where he worked in their TV picture tube manufacturing facility. He got a good start in the manufacturing industry and learned how complicated industrial operations works and continues to excel his expertise in the job.
Moves to the United States for Advanced Education
With his developing interest in the industry, he decided to excel his knowledge and went to the United States in 2001. He enrolled in Thunderbird Graduate School of Management and earned his Master of Business Administration in International Finance. It was a big step, through which he made an important educational achievement in his career that helped him to grab advanced knowledge and skills that were necessary to work in the global business world.
His Growing Career at Ernst & Young
After finishing his masters in 2003, Vivek started working at Ernst & Young in New York. He joined their Financial Services Advisory group, where he was in charge of multiple projects related to cash management, financial risk management, and treasury. Over the next six years, he started working with many Fortune 500 companies, such as some reputed banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and insurance companies. He was in charge of making decisions for some complicated financial projects where he used to give strategic advice, which made him famous as an expert in the field of financial management. Vivek Gahlaut Dubai also worked for his personal clients on his own for the last two years in New York, which helped him sharpen his advising skills.
Multiple Business ventures in India
Vivek always had a desire to work something impactful for his own country so he went back to India in 2010 with a plan to help his home country. He put money into the health and wellness business and over the next six years he reached a position to run five health and wellness clubs along with a business that sold gym equipment successfully. His businesses were market winners, known for providing excellent services and coming up with new ideas. Vivek was also in charge of a family angel fund that gave early funding to tech startups and encouraged innovation in India.
Strategic Growth in the UAE
After his tremendous success in India, Vivek Gahlaut moved to Dubai, UAE, in 2013 and in November 2014, he co-founded Terra Firma Commodities DMCC. This company deals with agricultural goods and mostly trades and delivers rice in West Africa. Terra Firma Commodities buys different kinds of broken rice from India, Thailand, and Vietnam and then sells it to businesses in Ghana and the Ivory Coast. The company grew into the raw cashew nut market under Vivek’s direction. It used to buy cashew nuts from Ivory Coast, Guinea, and Tanzania and used to sell them to manufacturers in India and Vietnam.
Achievements and Plans for the Future
With sales of $86 million and a net profit of $7.8 million by the end of 2021, Terra Firma Commodities performed amazingly. The company’s growth and success are due in large part to Vivek’s strategic strategy and leadership. In spite of everything, he is still very interested in sustainable food production. Vivek Gahlaut wants to find ways for the area to become more backward integrated so that key markets can grow their own food.
