The Journey of a Young Entrepreneur | Akshay Oberai | TEDxUCDavis

Akshay Oberai is Co-founder and CEO of TipdOff, a financial social network which empowers individual investors to make smart stock market decisions. In his spare time when he isn’t thinking of the next big idea, he enjoys following basketball and politics, both of which are a passion of his.

Akshay Oberai is Co-founder and CEO of TipdOff, a financial social network which empowers individual investors to make smart stock market decisions. Before TipdOff, Akshay worked in business development at cyber security firm Norse where he focused on the financial industry and was instrumental in securing major accounts such as Discover. Akshay was also a co-founder of Software Plantation, which successfully became the virtual software provider for Pranalytica, the world’s leading designer of High Power Midwave Infrared and Longwave Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers for homeland security. He loves giving back and is an avid philanthropist. In his spare time when he isn’t thinking of the next big idea, he enjoys following basketball and politics, both of which are a passion of his. While he loves his career choice, another dream of his was to be an attorney. Akshay graduated from Pepperdine University where he studied Business Administration and Political Science.

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