Samir Sheth

Real talk bio: Grew up in a small(ish) town in Missouri. Went to Penn but spent most of my time arranging music and singing a cappella all around the world. Started as a consultant, left to go try to save the music industry from itself, led digital strategy/investments at a German conglomerate, incubated a first-of-its-kind venture fund, ran a mission-driven information + community startup, now heading up content for a next gen media company - Morning Brew. Also started a women & girls focused mental health non-profit. Live in NYC with my better half, an author/writer, psychiatrist, and activist, for whom I am a self-proclaimed editor, manager, and chef. —— Official bio: Samir Sheth is an impact-oriented global executive with experience in both building and investing in large and emerging businesses. He is currently Head of Content at Morning Brew, a media company which reaches a community of over 2M professionals with engaging and accessible business content. He is also Co-Founder of thisisforHER, a non-profit focused on improving women’s mental health awareness and education in the developing world. thisisforHER uses unique art therapy exercises to break through stigma and educate women and girls about important mental illness and wellness concepts. Their first pilots were held in Uganda in 2017, and Samir's primary focus is on growing thisisforHER into a scalable, cost-effective, and high impact model. He joined Morning Brew from News Deeply, a mission-driven news and community startup where he was Publisher and Chief Business Officer. He previously co-founded Spotlight Fund, an investment fund, led digital development and partnerships at Bertelsmann, the global media company, and drove digital and corporate strategy at Sony Music. He started his career as a consultant at McKinsey & Co. and holds a degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Originally hailing from Missouri, Samir now lives in New York with his wife Saumya Dave, a writer and psychiatrist.

Having an impact, mental illness and mental wellness, investing, public policy, being a feminist, great storytelling, interior design, music (listening and playing), NYC, and so much more. Also: all of the topics News Deeply covered (refugees and migration, women's advancement, malnutrition, peacebuilding, ocean health and economy, and water sustainability and infrastructure, financial inclusion, Syria, Ebola) and many that we didn't.

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