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Hailing from a business family in Assam, Shyam has had the opportunity to observe at close quarters what it takes to build businesses in the Indian context.
Ruthless execution, strong commercial instincts, tactical flexibility and constantly being plugged into the ground realities of the Indian environment – these are tenets that he imbibed as he witnessed his family’s struggle to sustain and scale up a fledgling business in the dynamic socio-political environment of the North-East.
- Avnish Bajaj
- Rajinder Balaraman
- Rustom Batlivala
- Gourav Bhattacharya
- Gautam Chhugani
- Tarun Davda
- Amit Kapoor
- Asish Mohapatra
- Rishi Navani
- Shyam Patwari
- Vikram Vaidyanathan
It is with these basic beliefs that he steps into the world of investing, looking to discover strong promoters and excellent ideas and helping them scale up into significant businesses.
Shyam has consistently strived for excellence be it studies or extracurricular activities. He topped the Assam state entrance exam and was awarded the “Best Outgoing Student” at NIT Surathkal (formerly KREC) where he completed his engineering in Electronics and Communication. Shyam did his MBA from IIM Bangalore where he received the Gold Medal for topping his batch
In his professional journey Shyam has worked across diverse businesses. Before going to business school he worked with Ittiam Systems and founded an educational start up. Post IIMB Shyam joined McKinsey & Company where he worked with the CXOs of market leaders across multiple sectors including engineering construction, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, power, banking and insurance.
At Matrix, Shyam is looking to be a part of multiple successful entrepreneurial journeys, learn a lot from interacting with entrepreneurs and businessmen and have a lot of fun along the way!
Shyam Patwari
Associate, Mumbai
+91 22 6768 0000
shyam@matrixpartners.com
Assistant: Ruby Shroff
ruby@matrixpartners.com
Current Investments
Areas of Interest
Sectors include: Consumer, Education
Experience
McKinsey & Company, Associate
Ittiam, Engineer
Education
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, PGDBM
Yale University, MBA Exchange Program
NIT Surathkal, BE Electronics & Communication