Gautam Kedia
Gautam Kedia started out about 30 years ago with his father building a Cast Metal business with an initial seed capital of about $20,000. They started as a small trading operation, importing product from India and supplying to a few distributors in Virginia and North Carolina.
Since then, he has built up their business to have their own manufacturing facility in India, with four distribution locations in the U.S. They have nearly $10 million in working capital deployed in their business in India and the U.S. with zero debt and very healthy cash reserves.
Guatam has built a good team of professionals in India and the U.S. to manage operations and operate in a complex regulatory environment both in India and the U.S.
They are very customer focused, offering a superior experience compared to their competitors, many of whom are billion-dollar corporations with virtually unlimited resources. They are the second largest supplier in California for our type of materials.
Though he lacks specific industry experience in the tech world, he possesses good, customer focused management experience, ability to review financial statements, and assist in navigating taxation law in the U.S., which became much more challenging after the TCJA passed in 2017.