Jayesh Punater

Business leader, Business mentor, Entrepreneur, Explorer, Foodie, Global soul, Idea generator, Investor, Life mentor, Potential employer

Jayesh Punater is a proven leader, entrepreneur and investor in the Fin-Tech. His area of focus is in bringing new and innovative technology and business models to an industry and aiding in its transformation. Currently he is working on new models of Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and big data, and its application to the financial services industry. He believes the combination AI with human talent is the next frontier of innovation for financial services firms. Mr. Punater is the Executive Chairman of firstAI, which is a Fintech firm that provides valuable insights from unstructured data sources like credit agreements and private company information using proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning technology. Mr. Punater is also the founder and CEO of Nucleus, a fin-tech studio and venture investment platform. Previously, Mr. Punater founded Gravitas, a leading technology services platform servicing the Asset Management industry. As Founder and CEO, he organically grew the business to a global firm with 300+ employees, with clients managing more than $1.2 Trillion in AUM. Gravitas was sold to an European listed company in 2017. Initially launched as a technology service provider from his apartment in 1996, Gravitas evolved under Mr. Punaters’ leadership to a full front-to-back outsourcing platform powered by its own proprietary technology servicing hedge funds and asset managers. The firm pioneered the collaborative outsourcing service model and was the leader in helping firms outsource front, middle and back office functions to achieve smart scale in their business operations. Gravitas was known to be thought leader with an innovative and agile culture that attracted some of the most talented staff globally. Prior to Gravitas he worked at Digital Network Associates in New York City, a technology solutions provider that was rated one of the fastest growing Inc. 500 privately held companies and sold to a public firm. Prior to that he worked at 68000 Inc. a high-end defense contractor that provided super-charged Apple workstations to the military and other manufacturing firms. Jayesh is a strategist, and focused on growing companies and has had roles in market facing functions – always looking to adapt innovative ideas to practical business problems –focused on helping firms grow their business or generate alpha, or achieve operating efficiencies in the operations of the firm. Mr. Punater is a graduate of Arizona State University with a BSEE and a minor in Economics. He has attended Executive Education courses at Harvard University, Stanford School of Business, Wharton, Columbia University, Northwestern University and has taught an entrepreneurship MBA class at Fordham University as an industry CEO. He is on the Advisory Board of Thales, a member of the Economic Club of NY, a member of C2C which is a peer CEO club. He enjoys traveling, exploring different cuisines, and practicing mindfulness and visualization. He also likes to swim, run and play golf in addition to chess. Mr. Punater lives in New York City with his wife who is a mindfulness ninja and coach and two sons who are 10 and 7 years old.

living for ever, fantastic food, great adventures in travel and deep relationships

travelling to generate entrepreneurial ideas and solving local issues through business ventures

Entrepeneur, financial technology, food and wellbeing, Marketing / Branding, startups

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