Hi, I am Nidhi Sharma!

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I found myself working in finance almost a bit by accident.

I am an immigrant, who first moved to the US for my university education. I love technology, so I studied EE&CS at the very prestigious MIT - Bachelors and Masters.

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Given my slow process of assimilation in the US, I wasn't as slick, confident or polished as many of my American classmates. So I never got any internships in consulting or investment banking or PE. 

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After 2 internships at an Engineering firm in the Midwest, as a Junior I really wanted to find a dazzling brand to put on my CV. My brother who was at Columbia University at the time told me to look at finance. I was determined to have a blue-chip job offer when I graduated so I finally got a research role at the inimitable Goldman Sachs! I loved it. Finance, unlike engineering, has immediate and quantifiable feedback - aka PnL.

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I had various job offers from GS but I landed the big one - Citadel! A haven for quant research and yes its true, they pay well, I moved to Chicago to get my first real taste of trading.

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I had a very challenging but successful career at Citadel - I moved to London in my early 20s, traded massive books everyday, made a boat load of money for the firm, was courted by head hunters and brokers every week for years, numerous parties - Wimbledon, Royal Ascot, Spice Girls Concerts, big pay days, you name it.

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This is where my passion for trading started - and not from a first principles sort of way where you learn about valuation, fundamental analysis etc but from a purely data driven, momentum based way.

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As my career progressed from the quant to the fundamental, from the public to private, from equity to credit and niche assets (music royalties & film financing!), I have continued to fuel that passion and curiosity with a wide toolkit of investing techniques and asset classes.

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My unique career and experiences have shaped some unique perspectives when it comes to investing. After all, it comes with the territory of managing multi-billion dollar multi-asset portfolios for large institutional clients. Folks have often liked hearing it, so I thought why not share it more broadly?

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I have started this blog to share some of that knowledge so that everyone can learn and think outside the box on how to grow their own personal wealth.

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Thank you for supporting me in the endeavor.