GRIT Ed. 9 | Family Matters - Flipbook - Page 35
The Nathoo Family
led
turnarounds
and
growth
Brothers In Business Vibes
strategies with global implications,
see other siblings start companies.
I met Braden from Inkbox a few
including facilitating a $500 million
Often, sibling rivalry starts even
weeks ago, we didn’t know each
merger transition and a $2 billion
before the second child is born and
other and didn’t realize that we both
strategic spin-off. He’s also done
continues as kids grow and compete
run companies with our siblings. But
development
Tajikistan,
for everything from toys to attention.
the vibe was there. So maybe there’s
Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, East Africa,
But for the Nathoo brothers, that
something to that?”
and Honduras. — together, they
sibling rivalry doesn’t exist. The two
decided to help kids shape the
are very much on the same page
While sitting in a hot tub with a
future.
for vision and both don’t care about
mountain view, Nadeem asked his
money for personal consumption.
brother, “What if we had 10 billion
work
in
“Our parents still don’t really get it,
dollars in the bank?” After a long
but they’re proud and have always
“For us more importantly, this isn’t a
conversation full of questions and
been supportive. I think the fact that
business. It’s more of a life mission.”
ideations, they realized that there
we work together on something
Navid and Nadeem are a team
was an infrastructure problem. There
impact-related aligns so closely to
with the same values and vision.
wasn’t an institution they knew of
our overall family values,” said Navid.
Nadeem stated “In fact, it’s an
that was training people specifically
instant connection even when we
to solve complex problems. They
NADEEM & NAVID
TKS
NATURE OR
NURTURE?
WHAT IS THE ROOT OF
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL
DRIVE?
“Both. Nature - from intellectual
horsepower/
personality/natural drives.
Nurture from values and
believing you can do it”
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