Arun Rangachari is the Founder & Chairman of DAR Capital Group; a boutique investment advisory, private equity and investment firm operating in India, the UAE, the United States, Malaysia, Australia and Uganda. With over USD 50 million in assets under management, DAR’s private equity investments are focused primarily towards the media, entertainment and technology sectors in India. Starting as a journalist with the Financial Express in Mumbai, India, covering the Information technology beat, Mr. Rangachari subsequently worked in Public Relations for 15 years, both in India and Dubai. In India, after working short stints for leading PR agencies, he took up several independent PR assignments, before relocating to Dubai in 1999. After working for three years for two of the largest PR consultancies in the Middle East, he partnered India’s Percept Group to set up a joint venture, which he ran for almost five years. He founded DAR Capital Group in early 2007.