13 Facts About Akshay Naheta

Akshay Naheta was born on 23 July 1981 and is an Indian-born British business executive.

Akshay Naheta is the founder and chief executive officer of Distributed Technologies Research, a decentralized finance startup focusing on stablecoin technology and other linked services.

Akshay Naheta was previously Senior Vice President, Investments at SoftBank Group where he was involved in several high-profile investments for the Vision Fund, including Auto1 and chipmaker Nvidia.

Akshay Naheta was born in Mumbai in 1981 to an Indian family of jewelers.

Akshay Naheta graduated with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2003.

Akshay Naheta dropped out of pursuing a PhD at MIT to begin a career in finance.

Akshay Naheta established Distributed Technology Research within the Emirate's international financial free zone.

In 2017, Akshay Naheta joined SoftBank Investment Advisors as an investment manager in the Vision Fund, a technology-focused fund, and was responsible for acquisitions and public equity investments.

In December 2021, Bloomberg reported that Akshay Naheta was in talks to leave SoftBank Group, possibly taking "an advisory role at the firm to focus on his own long-only fund".

The paper reported that while Akshay Naheta was managing SB Northstar, SoftBank's CEO Masayoshi Son was said to have been the "driving force" behind these investments.

Akshay Naheta spearheaded the group's acquisition of a 40 percent stake, acquired in Vision Fund II for $2.8 billion, in private Norwegian warehouse automation company AutoStore in April 2021.

Akshay Naheta was involved with Intercontinental Exchange-backed crypto solutions business Bakkt Holdings and previously served as its director.

Akshay Naheta was member of the board of directors of Arm Limited, Auto1, Bakkt Holdings and Roivant.