नवल रविकांत Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant was born in New Delhi in 1974 and grew up in Queens, New York. He co-founded Epinions and then AngelList, which changed how startups raise early money. His 2018 tweetstorm How to Get Rich (without getting lucky) and the free Almanack built from his words made him one of the most quoted voices on wealth and happiness.
Curated by Nikhil Sharma: a Delhi-born founder who turned hard-won lessons on leverage and judgement into the most-shared playbook for building wealth without selling your time.
- 1999 Co-founded Epinions: It raised $45 million and became part of Shopping.com.
- 2010 Co-founded AngelList: With Babak Nivi. It grew out of their Venture Hacks blog.
- 2018 The How to Get Rich tweetstorm: Posted on 31 May 2018. A podcast series followed in 2019.
- 2020 The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: Compiled by Eric Jorgenson. Free to download as a public service.
The facts
- Born
- 5 November 1974, New Delhi, India (Wikipedia)
- Childhood
- Moved to New York at nine. Raised in Queens by his mother with his older brother Kamal (Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, Nov–Dec 2014)
- Education
- Stuyvesant High School (1991). Dartmouth College (1995), computer science and economics (Wikipedia)
- Companies
- Epinions (1999). Vast. AngelList (2010). MetaStable Capital (2014). Spearhead (2017). Airchat (2023). The Impossible Computer Company (revealed 2025) (Wikipedia)
- Role
- Co-founder and chairman of AngelList. Chair of the investment committee of AngelList’s USVC fund (2026) (Decrypt, 22 Apr 2026)
- Early bets
- Twitter, Uber and Yammer, among more than 100 companies (Farnam Street: The Knowledge Project #18)
- Podcast
- Naval, at nav.al. How to Get Rich was recorded with Babak Nivi (Venture Hacks, 1 May 2019)
- Honours
- Edmund Hillary Fellowship. Named to Forbes’ Self-Made 250 in 2026 (Wikipedia)
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