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Nalin Moniz

Enigma · DISC type cdi
CEO - Asset Management at Ionic Wealth
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Nalin Moniz is the CEO of Ionic Asset Management and a pioneer in Indias alternative asset management industry. A graduate of The Wharton School and a CFA charterholder, his career includes portfolio management at Goldman Sachs before co-founding Forefront Capital Management, which was later acquired by Edelweiss.

He is a marathon enthusiast, having run races in Amsterdam and Berlin. He co-founded his first firm with his wife, Radhika Gupta, after they both decided to leave their careers in the US to pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions in India. People describe him as down to earth and curious.

In 2009, he and his wife voluntarily gave up their H1-B visas and path to a US Green Card because they believed in India’s long-term potential.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
CEO - Asset Management
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Personality Overview

How Nalin shows up

Persuasive & Assertive
Challenger
Friendly Yet Blunt

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information.

Priorities

Topics Nalin cares about

Alternative Investments
He is a pioneer of the Indian hedge fund industry and has built his career in alternative asset management, focusing on long-short, event arbitrage, and special situations funds.
Entrepreneurship in India
He left a portfolio manager role at Goldman Sachs in New York to return to India and build an asset management business from scratch, believing in the country's potential.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
CEO - Asset Management
Ionic Wealth
5-2014 - 7-2024
Chief Investment Officer - Alternative Equity
Edelweiss Asset Management Limited
7-2009 - 5-2014
Founder, Director
Forefront Capital Management
7-2005 - 5-2009
Portfolio Manager
Goldman Sachs
6-2004 - 8-2004
Summer Analyst
Lehman Brothers
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2001 - 2005
BS
The Wharton School
2001 - 2005
BSE
University of Pennsylvania
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

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