Ms. Kawaljeet Ahuja has been a seasoned 7-Eleven franchisee owner for the past 27 years. She and her stores have won several Retailer Initiative awards for their great performance and for helping the community. At one point, she operated seven 7-Eleven stores and currently has 35 employees. Founded in 1927 in the U.S., 7-Eleven is a multinational convenience store chain with a 30.82 billion dollar market capitalization. There are approximately 13,000 stores in the U.S. and 85,000 worldwide. 

David Michaels is the founder & managing member of Physicians Financial. For over 25 years, Physicians Financial, LLC has been the go-to resource for Doctors and Dentists nationwide. Physicians Financial serves medical professionals in all sectors of the healthcare arena, from independent practitioners to the top practicing physicians at the largest hospitals in America. 

Rahul Bhargava has been a Systematic Credit Portfolio Manager at Fidelity Investments since 2024. Prior to this, he was a Vice President and Managing Director at Blackstone. He also has work experience at BlackRock and AQR Capital Management. Founded in 1946, Fidelity Investments is a privately held global financial services company, offering a range of services and products. As of 2023, they had $4.9 trillion in assets under management. 
 

Jim Reitzig has been the Executive Vice President at The Renco Group since 2010. Prior to this, he was the Senior Vice President at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Founded in 1975, The Renco Group is a family-owned private holding company that makes long-term investments in companies across a range of industries. He heads the single-family office of Mr. Ira Rennert, founder of the Renco Group.  

Sam S. Jain is the founder, former CEO, and chairman of  Fareportal which is a conglomerate consisting of CheapOair, OneTravel, Fareportal Media Group, Travelong, Royal Scenic, & Dukes Court Travel Ltd. CheapOair is the 4th largest online travel website in the US/Canada and is the largest private one. It has about 2,500 employees with offices in New York, London, and India. Its sales are close to 3 billion dollars. 

DeWayne Chin has been the Managing Director & Head of Asset Management for the Speciality Finance Business at Fortress Investments since 2006. Prior to this, he was on the Residential Mortgage Whole Loan Trading Team & Joint Venture Team from 2004 to 2006. Before his career in finance, Mr. Chin was a lawyer for various companies, such as insurance firms like Liberty Mutual, MagnaCare, and General Health Incorporated. Launched in 1998, Fortress is one of the largest global investment management companies. It focuses on investments in private equity, credit, and real estate for both individuals and institutional investors with $48 billion dollars of assets under management.  

Lewis Hershkowitz is the President and CEO of Big Geyser Inc. which is one the largest independent nonalcoholic beverage distributors in the Northeast and the largest in New York. Founded in 1986 by Mr. Hershkowitz’s late father, it has represented some of the largest brands in the world such as Coca-Cola, Nestle, Campbell’s, Monster, and Hormel. Over the years, Big Geyser has also identified and built brands such as Essentia, Core, Body Armor, Honest Tea, Zico, and Vitamin Water into the behemoths that they are today. They are also the founder of the famous snack and beverage brand, Hal’s New York.

Pawan Singh is a Partner at Bain Capital Private Equity based in their India office. Prior to that, he was a part of the North American Private Equity team based out of New York. Mr. Singh has been at Bain Capital since 2001. Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private investment firms with approximately $185 billion of assets under management. Bain specializes in private and public equity, fixed income, venture capital, and specialty fund investments across multiple sectors, industries, asset classes, and geographies. 

Brian Mooney is a retired options trader on bonds, - also known as trading options on interest rates - working 24 years at Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs is one of the largest global investment banks and financial services companies that offers a range of services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. He later moved to Merrill Lynch Bank of America - the second largest investment bank in the world - and worked there for 12 years before his recent retirement. During the 2008 financial crisis, Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch, which provides a broad range of brokerage, investment advisory, and other services. 

Hope Lane is a senior at the Wharton School, completing a dual degree in finance and systems engineering. Wharton is the world-renowned business school at the University of Pennsylvania.