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Kalpen Parekh

Go-getter · DISC type d
Managing Director & CEO at DSP Mutual Fund
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Kalpen Parekh is the MD & CEO of DSP Mutual Fund, with over 27 years of experience in investment management. He is a passionate advocate for evidence-based investing and holds an MBA from SVKMs Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. He began his career as a chemical engineer before pivoting to finance.

Outside of finance, Kalpen enjoys listening to old Jagjit Singh songs, watching Amitabh Bachchan movies, and playing cricket with his son. He often uses analogies from sports and film to make complex financial concepts accessible and believes education should be entertaining. He also uses his personal Twitter account as a learning tool.

Unique fact: To teach his son about money management, Kalpen has applied the rules of cricket and involved him in discussions about global companies.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Managing Director & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Personality Overview

How Kalpen shows up

Fast-Paced
Vision Oriented
Direct & Candid

They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They care equally about the product and its potential impact. They respond well to confident salespeople.

Priorities

Topics Kalpen cares about

Behavioral Finance
He is passionate about behavioral finance, believing that managing investor behavior and emotion is more critical for long-term success than just picking the best product.
Long-Term Investing
A core tenet of his philosophy, he consistently advises investors to focus on long-term discipline and use SIPs to navigate market volatility and benefit from compounding.
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Career

Work history

7-2021
Managing Director & CEO
DSP Mutual Fund
7-2017 - 7-2021
President
DSP Mutual Fund
2-2017 - 7-2017
Joint President
DSP Mutual Fund
4-2016 - 1-2017
Managing Director Sales Marketing
Idfc Asset Management Co Ltd
6-2012 - 3-2016
Chief Executive Officer
IDFC ASSET MNGT CO. PVT. LTD.
In the press

Media appearances

Ft. Kalpen Parekh, MD & CEO, DSP Mutual Fund. Featured in YouTube Shorts
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Interview with Kalpen Parekh, Managing Director and CEO, DSP Mutual Fund. Featured in AlphaStreet
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Education
2019 - 2019
Investment Management Workshop
Harvard Business School
1996 - 1998
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

d

Dominance (D)

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