Meet the CEO: Rupa Popat
Personal Development & Stories
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13-Oct-2026
In this Meet the CEO series, YPO Youth is connected with leaders who took unconventional paths. This session features Rupa Popat, an entrepreneur, angel investor in 30+ startups, and Founder of Arāya Ventures, an award-winning venture capital firm.
Key takeaways:
- There is more than one path to success.
- Build skills for a changing world.
- A strong business starts with a real need.
- Persistence can turn an early “no” into an eventual opportunity.
- Failure is part of the journey, not a verdict on a person.
- Passion does not always need to become a business.
- Success can include both meaningful work and family life.
- Purpose can guide decisions and create impact.
The session’s message for parents and youth is:
stay open to different paths, build skills that will matter in the future, and treat setbacks as part of learning and not as proof that you should stop.
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