Akshay Chaturvedi

Akshay founded Leverage.biz (that today operates flagships Leverage Edu, Fly Finance & Fly Homes) in early 2017, which today is trying to become a platform of choice for young Indians who want to become global citizens. The company now helps tens of thousands of students every year figure everything from where to go, why to go, when to go, and how to go. And once gone, it sets up a new immigrant system for them. Last year, after its successful Series C raise from the US, the company is actively expanding into Nigeria, Middle East & Southeast Asia as source markets. Akshay was listed on the Forbes India’s 30Under30 list, and then subsequently on the Forbes Asia’s 30Under30 list, both in early 2020. He became a CNBC Young Turk, named eponymously after India’s top business/ entrepreneurship show, in 2019. Later that year, he also won the TiE Entrepreneurial Excellence Award. Under Akshay’s leadership, Leverage was listed on the reputed Deloitte Tech Fast 50 list in 2022 as one of the “50 fastest growing companies” in the country.As Prime Minister’s Champions of Change, selected in 2019, he worked closely with the Education ministry on higher education policy framework. In 2020, he won the BusinessWorld TechTors award, touted among the top tech entrepreneurs to watch out for. In Nov 2022, Akshay appeared on the cover page of the reputed Entrepreneur Magazine in its edition of “The Most Daring CEOs”.