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Chitra
Nawbatt

Investor

Author of The CodeBreaker Mindset™. Venture capital partner, former TV journalist, and growth strategist transforming how leaders create breakthrough opportunities.

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Meet Chitra

A Multi-Industry
Visionary

Chitra Nawbatt is a unique multi-industry and multidisciplinary executive, recognized for her extensive expertise as a business launcher and builder, growth operator, investor and media creator.

She is the author of The CodeBreaker Mindset™ book, and the creator, producer and host of The CodeBreaker Mindset™ show. The book provides a professional judgement and decision-making framework for accelerating business growth, leadership and career pivots. The podcast is where leaders share their pursuit journeys to life opportunities, business building and value creation, as well as the rules, pivots and serendipity that propel them forward.

A former TV journalist and commentator, she frequently interviews global leaders for various media platforms including being a contributing host of the Harvard Business School SkyDeck Podcast, Reuters and Women's Forum.

Chitra has a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation, and is a graduate of Harvard Business School, Harvard University and Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

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Education

Harvard Business School
MBA
Harvard University
Graduate Studies
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto

Career Highlights

Partner, General Catalyst
Multibillion-dollar global VC firm
TV News Anchor
Reuters, BNN Bloomberg, CNBC
Certified Public Accountant
CPA Designation
White House Advance Team
President of the United States

Areas of Expertise

Chitra aligned her passion and expertise as a business launcher and builder by becoming a partner at General Catalyst, a leading multibillion-dollar global venture capital firm. As the Global Head of Health Assurance and Innovation, she led the expansion and execution of the firm's Health Assurance ecosystem investment strategy. She also developed and executed new investment theses at the intersections of technology, media, fintech and consumer. Unique to the venture capital industry, Chitra created and led an inaugural value creation and ecosystem business development function. She originated, commercialized and managed strategic innovation partnerships for General Catalyst, more than 75 of its portfolio companies and stakeholders, delivering network effect, go-to-market and revenue acceleration.
USA TODAY Best-Seller
The
CodeBreaker
Mindset
The Unwritten Rules
for Success
By
Chitra Nawbatt
Simon & Schuster
USA TODAY Best-Seller
The Book

The CodeBreaker
Mindset™

In a world of rigid playbooks and conventional thinking, discover a revolutionary framework that empowers you to write your own rules for extraordinary success.

This isn't just another business, leadership, or career book. Renowned strategic growth advisor and business builder Chitra Nawbatt reveals the game-changing methodology that propelled her from humble beginnings to advising Fortune 500 CEOs, pioneering tech innovations, and becoming a partner at a multibillion-dollar global venture capital firm.

Practical Tools to:

  • Navigate and topple the written and unwritten rules of success
  • Convert limitations into competitive advantages
  • Monetize serendipity
  • Develop CodeBreaker Mindset™ Equations and pattern recognition
  • Pivot with power, professionally and personally

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to cancer research in loving memory of the author's father and in honor of all those affected.

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Chitra Nawbatt is a unique multi-industry and multidisciplinary executive, recognized for her extensive expertise as a business launcher and builder, growth operator, investor and media creator.