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Gaurav Kapadia

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Founder & CEO at XN
📍 New York, New York, United States

Gaurav Kapadia is the Founder and CEO of XN, an investment firm focused on long-term compounding across public and private markets. He previously co-founded Soroban Capital Partners and was a Partner at TPG-Axon Capital. Gaurav graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

He is deeply involved in civic causes, serving on the boards of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Uncommon Schools, and Hudson River Park Friends. An avid art collector, he focuses specifically on contemporary American artists from his own generation. He lives in Tribeca with his wife and three children.

As a child in Queens, he acted as the de facto landlord for his familys rental properties, collecting rent and honing his business judgment from the age of ten.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
New York, New York, United States
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Long-term Investing
His firm, XN, is named for the concept of exponential growth and centers on a concentrated portfolio of investments designed to compound over long periods.
Disruptive Technology
He has publicly expressed excitement about XN's investments in category-defining technology companies like Airtable, AMP Robotics, and ARRIS.
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Career

Work history

6-2018
Founder & CEO
XN
5-2016
Board Member
Whitney Museum of American Art
6-2012 - 3-2021
Board Member
Hudson River Park Friends
10-2011 - 12-2024
Board Member
Uncommon Schools
8-2010 - 6-2018
Co- Founder & Co-Managing Partner
Soroban Capital Partners
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Education
1999 - 2003
BsC
University of Pennsylvania
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