Kabir Sehgal

Kabir Sehgal is the Founder & CEO of Tiger Turn, a multimedia production company that makes films & music. Previously, he worked in strategy at First Data Corporation, a global payments technology firm, which completed the largest IPO on the New York Stock Exchange in 2015. He was also a vice president in emerging market equities at J.P. Morgan and traveled to over twenty-five developing countries to generate investment advice for institutional investors. He helped place the Alibaba IPO, the largest in history. He began his career by founding an online educational network. Sehgal has won six Grammy & five Latin Grammy Awards as a record producer. Some of his recognized productions include "American Dreamers" by John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists; "Presidential Suite" by Ted Nash; and "Cuba: The Conversation Continues" by Arturo O'Farrill. Sehgal has released three albums as an artist with Deepak Chopra & Paul Avgerinos: "Home: Where Everyone Is Welcome", "Meditations on the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success", "Spiritual Warrior." He is also a jazz bassist, composer, and librettist who wrote an opera "Angela's Ring: An Opera Revue of the European Debt Crisis." He co-founded an arts non-profit organization that merged with the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance. During the 2020 pandemic, he hosted the nightly Quarantine Series featuring musicians in 100 concerts over 77 consecutive days. Sehgal is the executive producer, producer, and co-writer of HBO's "Fandango at the Wall" a feature documentary that explores immigration between the US and Mexico through son jarocho music from Veracruz. The film is an official selection of the Atlanta Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Fest, Cinequest, and more. He is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of sixteen books including seven non-fiction books, Coined, Jazzocracy, Fandango at the Wall, Walk in My Shoes (with Andrew Young), Legion of Peace (with Muhammad Yunus, Monica Yunus, Camille Zamora), Close the Loop (with Raghbir Sehgal); eight children's books (all with Surishtha Sehgal), A Bucket of Blessings, The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk, Festival of Colors, Thread of Love, P is for Poppadoms, Mother Goose Goes to India, It's Diwali Again!, Hello, India!; and a poetry book, Home (with Deepak Chopra). A Bucket of Blessings was adapted into a stage production at the Alliance Theatre. Fandango at the Wall was nominated for an Audie Award for Best Original Work. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Fortune, Foreign Policy, Harvard Business Review, Newsweek, MarketWatch, CNBC, Inc., The Nation, TheStreet, Quartz, Reader's Digest, Atlanta Journal Constitution, among other publications. He has appeared on CNN, PBS, NPR, C-SPAN, CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, National Geographic, Fusion, and Cheddar TV. Sehgal is a US Navy veteran and reserve officer who served on active duty with special operations in the Middle East, and he received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal. He served as a speechwriter on a presidential campaign and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and the French-American Foundation. Sehgal is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the London School of Economics. He is an Atlanta Braves fan.