Imagine a career where you bet on the future - of others
About this episode
Divya Sampath shares her journey through the tech industry, highlighting the importance of mentorship and finding purpose in work.
There was a time when Google and Facebook were startups. There were people who believed in them. And understood their potential early on. Being a venture capitalist is for those who like taking big risks for big payoffs. Or understanding markets so well, that you see the possibilities that no one else has seen - yet. Divya Sampath has a career path that converged with the internet boom in the mid-90s. And she saw things change faster than the gigabyte speeds that would soon be taken for granted. Rarely does someone sign a check for 500 crores on their third day at work and walk away with a lesson about humility rather than pride. That early moment at Citibank in mid-1990s Bombay captures everything about how Divya Sampath has approached her career: with perspective, curiosity, and a relentless search for meaning. Divya's story moves through timeshare marketing at Sterling Holidays, a bold leap into India's nascent internet industry, and eventually building a practice from zero to $110 million in five years at Cognizant. What ties it all together is her belief that finding purpose in your work matters more than achieving traditional work-life balance, and that meaningful work is…
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