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Arjun Gupta is founder and Managing Partner of TeleSoft Partners, a venture capital firm located in San Francisco, California.

Early life and education
Arjun grew up in India where he attended the Mayo College boys boarding school and St. Stephen's College before arriving in the United States on an exchange program in 1980. He went on to earn a BS and MS in Computer Science from Washington State University before earning his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a graduate of both the 2001 Henry Crown Fellowship Program at The Aspen Institute as well as the 2014 Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University.

Career
Mr. Gupta began his career with McKinsey & Company before serving as Vice President at The Chatterjee Group in 1994. In 1996, Arjun left TCG to found TeleSoft Partners, a venture capital firm focused on high tech and energy value chain companies. Since founding TeleSoft, Arjun has led investments in over 61 companies resulting in 37 mergers & acquisitions or IPO's. These include companies such as Calix Inc., Cerent Corporation, Tele Atlas, Qik (now Skype Qik), and VoiceObjects. Additionally, Gupta currently sits on the boards of Nexant and Calient Technologies, and is a Trustee at the Aspen Institute, the Rocky Mountain Institute, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Listed as one of the worlds top dealmakers in high-tech and life science venture capital, Arjun was named to the Forbes Midas List in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.

In 2013, Arjun was a member of the investor group that purchased the Sacramento Kings for $535 million.

Philanthropy
In 2001, Arjun started the Arjun Gupta Family Foundation which support projects in education, medical research, the arts, and other community projects. The foundation has helped support 90 projects in the U.S., India, and Africa.