Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 7, 2000
RAJ BHATIA recently joined NetGain. He will be responsible for analyzing
potential investment opportunities as well as securing deal flow and
funding from strategic investors. He brings extensive technology and
business development experience to the team, having founded several
companies in the past few years. He is the Founder and CEO of
CoolAudio.com, the first e-retailer to offer 'best of breed (best of
class)' audio and video products in all price categories from leading
manufacturers around the world. He also is a Founder of Renwick Real
Estate, a Manhattan-based developer and investor of residential real
estate established in 1996, for which he continues to serve. Prior to
forming CoolAudio.com, Mr. Bhatia served as interim turn-around Chairman
and CEO of the Carver Corporation, and helped facilitate Bob Carver's
return to the company. Mr. Bhatia also was co-Founder of Renwick Capital
Management, a $30 million NY-based hedge fund that he launched in 1995
after graduating from The Columbia University School of Business. Mr.
Bhatia's commentary has been featured in print and television media,
including; The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York
Observer, Bloomberg Personal, India Abroad, Inc. Magazine, Crain's New
York Business, Entrepreneur Magazine, Silicon India, CNBC's Street Signs
with Ron Insana and The Columbia Business School's Hermes Magazine. He
was voted one of Avenue Magazine's Top 500 Most Influential Asian
Americans for 1997, and was honored by the Glaucoma Foundation for his
philanthropy. Mr. Bhatia is a frequent lecturer at The Columbia
University Graduate School of Business on both Securities Analysis and
Managing New Ventures. Mr. Bhatia received his MBA from the Columbia
University Graduate School of Business, and graduated from Lehigh
University with a BS in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Economics. Profile
to set the stage for the readers?
Mr. Bhatia: NetGain was founded in June 1999 by Andreas Typaldos. Andy
has a technology
