He is the CEO of Ekagrata Inc., a private investment and diversified holding company with assets in food, agriculture, infrastructure, food-security, specialty manufacturing of hardware technologies, and digital commerce.
Prashant Pathak studied at St. Francis' College, Lucknow before he completed a BTech degree in electrical engineering from The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and an MBA from INSEAD with distinction.
[6] His partners were part of the leadership that built the original Olympia & York commercial real estate empire, which developed landmark properties such as Toronto's First Canadian Place and London's Canary Wharf.
He led the successful investments and exit in several businesses including Minacs, a business he helped create through the combination of Minacs with TransWorks an Indian BPO company and Black Photo Corporation that has over 116 premium stores across Canada, the company was purchased from Fujifilm in 2007 and sold to Telus corp. in 2010.
He helps run a social venture capital fund initiative, Project Beyshick,[9] that nurtures prosperity and financial independence amongst First Nations communities and individuals by encouraging and mentoring entrepreneurial efforts.
[12] He is an active supporter in building export and international linkages of Canadian companies and has been involved in multiple delegations and efforts of the Canadian provincial and federal governments in building bridges with Asia, and in particular India,[13] and, in China where he has recently been involved in the food and agricultural sector.