Kaushik Ravi Elevate/Varde Partners?

Hi guys:

I recently come across this site by a guy called Kaushik Ravi: https://www.elevatelab.org/about

It has a bunch of recruiting resources; the founder claims to still be a director at Varde Partners leading its North America PE strategy on the website and his LinkedIn; however, when I go to Varde’s websites, he’s not listed as a senior member of the team..

Does anyone know Varde know if this guy is legit? He’s still there?

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Some of his bios that come up from a Google search state "formerly of Varde Partners"

 

I've spoken with the man. He is pretty legit and insightful. While I have not seen his course nor know of any students taking it, a few of my colleagues are indeed a part of the program and help with some of the content curation. Also, it seems as though he's had some high profile people on his platform from Mark Cuban and Anthony Scarmucci. 

 

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