Sumit Gautam
Sumit Gautam started Scalar Gauge in 2017 and has been the Portfolio Manager for the fund for over 7 years. Prior to Scalar, he was a Partner at Hirzel Capital, ~$1.3B AUM long/short equity hedge fund based in Dallas, where he focused on investments in the technology sector for 4 years. He also has significant private equity investing experience, having worked as a Vice President at Audax Private Equity Fund, which is a $20B+ AUM PE fund based in Boston. Prior to Audax, he was a Senior Manager / Principal at Bain & Company’s private equity group. In his 4 years at Bain, he worked with some of the largest PE funds in primary due diligence for LBO targets.One of Sumit’s differentiation is direct operational experience in technology companies – having worked at a VC funded tech startup in Silicon Valley which later got acquired by Dell for ~$700MM. Sumit started his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in Silicon Valley. Sumit is a CFA charterholder, has a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, and an MS from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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