Ego of the Week: Aarushi Pendharkar
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Christopher Cherian (W ’21) describes himself as an “accidental entrepreneur.” The management and finance student never envisioned himself as a startup founder. But after realizing how deficient existing video meeting platforms are for larger events, he left the well–beaten consulting path and began working on his Forbes–featured startup, Gatherly.
Dancing by day and studying by night, Emily Davis (LPS '21) is not your typical Penn student. Emily has been performing with the Pennsylvania Ballet for the last six years while simultaneously finishing up her biology degree. She’s also one of five Penn students who received this year's Thouron Award, which will fund her Ph.D. in the United Kingdom next year.
Less than 50% of the Latin American population has access to basic financial services like bank accounts, money transfers, and debit or credit cards—an inaccessibility exacerbated by complicated applications and requirements. This is what inspired Juan Pablo Ramirez (W ’22), Jaime Barrenechea (W ’22), and Brendan McCaffrey (W, E ’22) to take action. Bonding over their shared love of soccer and entrepreneurship, the three juniors co–founded Págame—a fintech startup that aims to be the Venmo of Bolivia and to revolutionize the Latin American financial landscape.
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