{"id":29209,"date":"2023-04-13T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T01:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&p=29209"},"modified":"2025-01-31T14:46:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T09:16:56","slug":"aryan-verma-helping-teens-build-an-entrepreneurship-mindset","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/aryan-verma-helping-teens-build-an-entrepreneurship-mindset\/","title":{"rendered":"Aryan Verma: Helping teens build an entrepreneurship mindset"},"content":{"rendered":"

(April 13, 2023)<\/strong> Aryan Verma arrives at our virtual meeting dressed to the nines, in formal attire. “I’m an investment banker,” he says, when I ask him about it. At 20, Aryan, who is a student at The University of Sydney Business School<\/a>, juggles two internships alongside. “It’s pretty full on,” Aryan admits but since he also hopes to follow in the footsteps of Warren Buffet, Ray Dalio, Bill Ackman and Chase Coleman who began their own firms at the age of 26, he\u2019s got a lot to do. He’s already the founder of Young Entrepreneurs Connect<\/a>, which has chapters across Australia and the US and the Managing Director (Australia) at Beyond the Bounds, an organisation that addresses mental health concerns among GenZ. \u00a0He also works with the Newland Global Group<\/a>, which works to leverage bilateral relations between India and Australia.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Growing up in Sydney\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Aryan\u2019s dad moved to Australia in 1996 and when he married in 2001, his wife joined him there as well. Aryan was born two years later, in December 2002. “I had a pretty traditional upbringing,” he says, during his interview with Global Indian<\/i><\/a>. His parents wanted him to do medicine, and his own academic record was in line with that. He studied at Sydney Boys’ High School,<\/a> part of the prestigious AAGPS network, the equivalent of the ‘Great Nine’ or ‘Clarendon Schools’ in England. Growing up between two cultures and continents, Aryan Verma had the unique opportunity to learn from diverse perspectives and experiences, which has undoubtedly shaped his entrepreneurial spirit and success today. He was offered a partial scholarship to Harvard University, which he turned down because the tuition fee was still out of reach. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When he was around 14, Aryan discovered an interest in finance and investment banking, and began teaching himself real estate valuations. He would even send out his estimates of listed unit blocks to see how close he was to the offer price. “It’s not really a field you can enter so young, though, so I switched to startups and entrepreneurship.” By the time he turned 16, he was “ahead of the curve,” he says. “I had observed that an entrepreneurial mindset is beneficial for every industry, no matter what your career is and I wanted to spread that message.” \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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