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From ace swimmer to a venture capitalist
Thirty years down the line, the 42-year-old ace swimmer continues to fly between continents, not as a swimmer anymore, but in his new avatar as a venture capitalist.
Kutraleeswaran is the president & managing partner as well as the co-founder of the Dallas headquartered Nanban Ventures. It is one of the seven verticals of the Nanban Group founded by a trio from Tamil Nadu - Gopala Krishnan, Mani Shanmugam and Sakthivel Palani Gounder in the US. “Nanban Ventures has deployed close to $100 million with startups, fintech and realty companies, of which $15 million has been invested in eight startups a
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Kutraleeshwaran
Indian swimmer
Kutraleeshwaran | |
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| Born | 8 Nov 1981 Erode, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Other names | Kutral |
| Occupation(s) | President and Managing Partner |
| Organization | Heading venture capital arm of a multi asset investment fund |
| Spouse | Brindha Ananthan |
| Awards | Guinness World Record Arjuna Award |
Kutraleeshwaran Ramesh (born 8 November 1981), popularly known as Kutraleeshwaran or Kutral, is an Indian swimmer and the founder of Kutraleeshwaran Sports Foundation which aims to help Indian sportspersons who are suffering financially.
A winner of the prestigious Arjuna award for sportspersons from Indian government, he also entered the Guinness Book of World records when he was just 13 years old, by swimming across six channels in a single calendar year, a feat which was never achieved by anyone else till date.
Currently, he runs a foundation named Kutraleeshwaran Sports Foundation to help Indian sportspersons who are suffering financially to spend for their sporting activities.
Personal life
Kutral was born in Erode, Tam
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I remember the first day I looked at water with such love. I was three or four and studying in kindergarten.
It was during one of the usual visits to our native place, near Erode. I was sitting on the steps of the pond while my father, brother, cousins and uncles were swimming. I was crying because I couldn't enter the water along with them.
One of those days, unable to bear my wailing, my father pushed me into the pond. I was very, very scared initially, but within a few minutes I started enjoying the experience. I felt as if the water was my friend and that was where I belonged.
During my second standard vacation, my father told me to learn swimming, as that was what I enjoyed most and wanted to do. It never occurred to me then that swimming could bring me so far.
It was my coach who first sensed my ability. He advised me to concentrate hard as he felt I had a future in it. It was he who asked me to participate in a short distance swimming competition. That was just twenty days after my swimming lessons began. The event was known as the Rippon meet. I did win a medal
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