Advaita Nair is an Indian businessman. She is the co-founder of beauty and lifestyle retail company ‘Nykaa’ and the CEO of ‘Nykaa Fashion’, an extended arm of the company which she started in 2018.
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Advait Nair was born on Friday, 16 August 1991 (age 31 years; as in 2022). He studied at Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai. Later, he attended Dhirubhai Ambani International School, where he completed his schooling. He pursued graduate studies in applied mathematics at Yale University (2008–2012). He later earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in Boston (2015-2017).
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 8″
Weight (Approx): 60 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
He belongs to a Gujarati family.
parents and siblings
His father, Sanjay Nair, is chairman of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., which provides alternative asset management, capital markets and insurance solutions. Her mother, Falguni Nair, is the founder and CEO of beauty and lifestyle retail company ‘Nykaa’.
Advaita Nair’s parents
She has a twin brother named Anchit Nair, who is the CEO of beauty e-commerce at Nykaa.
Advait Nair with his twin brother Anchit Nair
Husband
Advait Nair married Anubhav Gupta on 9 February 2019. The wedding ceremony was held at Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur.
Advait Nair with her husband Anubhav Gupta
livelihood
summer intern
Advait Nair started his career as a summer intern at the international NGO ‘CARE’ in Tanzania in 2009. He worked there for about three months. The following year, she enrolled herself for an internship at ‘Citigroup Inc.’ in London, United Kingdom, where she was part of the Industrials Investment Banking team.
summer analyst
In June 2011, she joined ‘Morgan Stanley’, an American multinational investment bank and financial services company in Midtown Manhattan. He worked there as an Institutional Equity Summer Analyst and had responsibilities managing emerging markets equity derivatives sales and trading.
Associate Consultant
In July 2012, he began working as an associate consultant at ‘Bain & Company’, an American management consulting firm in the Greater New York City Area, where he was responsible for consulting financial services firms on operational efficiency projects. He worked there for more than a year and later resigned.
Entrepreneur (Hero)
When Advait was working at ‘Bain & Company’ in New York, his mother shared with him the idea of starting his own business. Advait became excited by the idea and decided to pursue a career in business. She came back to India and co-founded the Indian e-commerce company ‘Nykaa’ in 2012, which sells beauty and wellness products. Later he decided to broaden the horizons of the business by starting a new branch of the company for fashion products. In 2018, she launched ‘Nyaka Fashion’, which she heads as CEO; This includes 25% of Nykaa’s business. She grew the platform 120x in the first 12 months and later took the online business to offline stores, for which she visited different cities to understand the market and consumer preferences. ‘Nyka Fashion’ later showcased over 2000 international and national brands and also launched some of its own brands such as 20 Dresses, RSVP, Mixt, Likha and Pipa Bella.
achievements
- In 2021, The Economic Times listed him in the list of “ET40 Under Forty: India Inc.’s top young leaders”.
- In 2021, he was listed among the ‘Tycoons of Tomorrow’ by Forbes India.
Favorite
- Book: “Pour Your Heart Into It” by Howard Schultz.
- Fashion Brand: NA-KD Fashion
- Quote: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Facts/General Knowledge
- In an interview, she had said that she considers her mother as her guru and model. He said,
My mom is incredible; She is my guide in every possible way, both in my personal and professional life. Whatever role I get in life, I feel like I already have a great mentor and role model for it.
- He believes that one must have a lasting relationship with a person to make his or her work successful. In an interview, he talked about his leadership style in business and said,
I define it as leading with equal measure: a strong mind and a soft heart. Empathy is a big part of leadership and bringing that degree of understanding, guidance and care to people is my style.
- In November 2022, Advait Nair was featured on the digital cover of ‘Entrepreneur India’ magazine.
Advaita Nair on the digital cover of Entrepreneur magazine
- In an interview, she had said that if she had not been an entrepreneur, she would have been a doctor or surgeon.
- He likes to visit different places.
- he likes to play football.
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