Vivek Gahlaut, A Global Entrepreneur, Promotes Sustainable and long term Progress

Early Years of his foundation With his Global Goals

Vivek Gahlaut completed his graduation in engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, in 1997. After his bachelor's degree, he joined Toshiba's TV tube production division in New Delhi. During his tenure at Toshiba, he earned hands-on experience and improved his manufacturing operations knowledge that imparted the discipline and precision that would define his profession.

Vivek Gahlaut always focuses on new experiences and learning and after getting enough experience with his first professional career, he travelled to the United States of America in 2001 in order to enroll in the Thunderbird Graduate School of Management in Arizona and earned a Master of Business Administration degree in International Finance. During his period at college, he not only focused on academics but on transformation as well. Vivek discovered his interest for global business planning there, which pushed him to launch his career crossing continents and industries.

His Growth at Ernst & Young in Global Finance

After earning his MBA in International Finance from Thunderbird School of Global Management in 2003, he stepped into the global finance ecosystem and joined Ernst & Young (EY) in New York with new views and a global perspective, where he excelled in Financial Services Advisory.

Vivek Gahlaut was more focused in exploring new experiences that he worked there over the period of next six years and teams working on multiple projects related to treasury, cash management, and financial risk management. He also served Fortune 500 businesses, including well-known banks, asset managers, hedge funds, insurance firms, and others. Soon with his services, People started appreciating him for his strategic thinking and results-driven approach. In his later years in New York, Vivek Gahlaut had switched to provide private consulting and started serving customised financial plans to a select clientele. This allowed him to combine independence with high-impact advice work.

Starts in India: Health, Fitness, and Tech Investments

After serving private consultation to his numerous organizations & esteemed clients, Vivek Gahlaut decided to do something for his home country India and pursued his entrepreneurial passion in health and wellness. Vivek spent six years in India and redefined the market, not merely entered it. Then after proper research, launched and managed five top-tier wellness clubs and a successful gym equipment trading firm, creating holistic wellness solutions that gained public trust and industry reputation.

Vivek Gahlaut continued his entrepreneurial spirit and during the time that he spent in India, he was also in charge of managing a family angel fund that allocated seed cash to new technology businesses. His vision and enthusiasm in India's digital potential boosted grassroots innovation and gave essential funding to prospective businesses.

From UAE to West Africa

In November 2014, Vivek Gahlaut relocated to the United Arab Emirates and co-founded Terra Firma Commodities DMCC, a Dubai-based agri-commodity company. The company is involved in the trade and distribution of rice in West Africa. It obtains a wide variety of broken rice from India, Thailand, and Vietnam, and then sells it through local companies in Ghana and Ivory Coast. The raw cashew nut market is another area in which Terra Firma Commodities has grown its operations.

As part of its expansion into the raw cashew nut market, Terra Firma Commodities has begun purchasing cashew nuts from Ivory Coast, Guinea, and Tanzania, and then selling them to processors in India and Vietnam. By the end of the year 2021, Terra Firma successfully achieved a net profit of $7.8 million and had reached revenues of $86 million within a span of seven years. For Vivek Gahlaut Dubai, numbers were only part of his journey. He supports agricultural sustainability and backward integration and wants dependent regions to grow their own food, boost local economies, and improve nutritional access.