‘I Was Stubborn About Doing Investment Banking Only In India’ - Sohit Kapoor, ex-IB, IIM B, Pt 1

Sohit Kapoor has spent over 11 years as an investment banker in Merrill Lynch before starting his own venture DRiefcase Founder five years back. 👉 If you’re inspired by Sohit’s journey in Investment Banking & Corporate Finance, check out AltUni’s Certificate Program in Corporate Finance with SDA Bocconi where you get guaranteed interviews with boutique I-banks and consulting firms. Read more here - https://bit.ly/3MgdWSe But, investment banking was not always in the cards for Sohit; neither was engineering nor MBA. In this first video of Konversations Cafe season 5, we have an interesting story of Sohit Kapoor, who did his engineering from Mumbai and never thought that he will be part of the prestigious IIMs. He shares his story of getting through to IIM Bangalore, what changed during his time at IIM B for him personally and professionally, why he chose to stick to investment banking and where did his life head after that. Tell us in the comments below if you liked Sohit’s journey and share it with friends and people who you think will get benefitted from this. Watch the part 2 of this video where Sohit talks about his journey as an Investment Banker, founding DRiefcase and a lot more:    • I Thought I Would Retire As An Investment ...   0:00 Intro 1:19 Background 2:42 My IIT Story 4:35 My Struggle To Land A College 7:19 1st Year Of Engineering 9:05 My Fascination For Dhanda 10:57 My Dream To Get Into An IIM 12:00 My CAT Journey 13:11 0 Converts On The First Attempt 14:45 Gearing Up For The 2nd Innings 16:00 IIM C vs IIM B 19:46 Learn Corporate Finance At AltUni 20:37 My Journey Of Getting Into Investment Banking 26:57 I Was Stern About Investment Banking 33:13 My Experience At Merrill Lynch _______________ 🎯 Enhance Your Earning Potential. Advance Your Career. Join the Klub of India's Top Professionals: https://bit.ly/3v1m7fj _______________ Join our Discord Server and Discuss, Prepare, Grow and Chill with other peers, Click here to join -   / discord   Join our Telegram group for exclusive updates from InsideIIM and stay closer to us, Click here to join - https://t.me/+zsFzMp9xhv1jMTk1 Follow us: 1.Instagram - http://bit.ly/Insideiim_instagram 2.InsideIIM Website: http://bit.ly/InsideIIM_Websit 3.Facebook: http://bit.ly/Insideiim_facebook 4.LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3f4Noot 5. Twitter -   / insideiim   For more insights and information on all things career-related, stay tuned to InsideIIM! #IIM #IITJEE #InvestmentBanking #IIT #Engineering #Founder

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