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Tarun Gulati

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Founder & CEO at Founder Decelerator
📍 Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Tarun Gulati is a serial founder focused on mental fitness and employee ownership. He founded Contemplate, a mind fitness company, and Just Esops, a leading ESOP advisory firm. A Company Secretary by training, he is described as innovative and an out-of-the-box thinker who helps leaders improve clarity and peace of mind.

Outside of his professional ventures, Tarun has a strong interest in creative arts and personal well-being. He studied the drums at the Musicians Institute and founded "ONE - The well-being network" to help others pursue passions like music, dance, and theatre as a means of nurturing their soul.

Unique fact: Tarun developed his own mental fitness framework called ADIOS (A Dialogue In Objective Silence) based on 15 years of personal contemplative practice.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Pune District, Maharashtra, India
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Mental Fitness
He founded Contemplate to improve clarity of thought and peace of mind, developing the ADIOS framework from 15 years of personal practice.
Founder Well-being
Through Founder Decelerator, he trains business owners to balance rapid growth with slow, contemplative periods to build more purposeful and fulfilling organizations.
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Career

Work history

5-2021 - 5-2023
Founder & CEO
Founder Decelerator
2-2021
Founder & CEO
Contemplate
1-2016 - 1-2019
Founder & CEO
ONE - The well-being network
12-2008
Founder & CEO
Just Esops
2-2004 - 8-2008
Vice President
ESOP Direct
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Media appearances

Episode 294: Mental Fitness & Performance – A Talk with Contemplate CEO Tarun Gulati. Featured in Dr. Mike T. Nelson Podcast
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Education
2012 - 2012
Drums Encore Program
Musicians Institute
3-1996 - 2-2001
Company Secretary
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India
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