Bejul Somaia

Bejul sometimes describes himself as an active early-stage investor.
(No, despite what this sounds like, it's not an acute medical problem.)
In actuality, Bejul is your average, ordinary, mild-mannered over-achiever.

The most recent evidence of Bejul overshadowing us puny mortals, is his role as Founder, Chairman & Lead Investor of Open List, a Boston-based vertical web search company with an emphasis on local search, that he started in 2004.

(Open List was acquired by Marchex, Inc, who knew they were onto a good thing, in May 2006.)

But that's just the latest item on Bejul's list of achievements. And the list is long, indeed.

Before Open List, Bejul was a Principal at General Catalyst Partners, a major US-based venture and growth equity fund.

Before General Catalyst, Bejul was a strategy consultant with Bain & Company, based in San Francisco.

Before Bain & Co., he was an Investment Banker in the Equity Capital Markets Group of Salomon Brothers International, in London.

Before that, he was busy getting his BSc (First Class) in Economics from The London School of Economics and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
(Before that, we don't know, but we certainly hope Bejul took some time off, to have a good time.)

Today he's on the board of U.P. Twiga Fiberglass Limited, India's leading manufacturer of thermal and acoustic insulation for construction and non-construction applications.

And at sometime in the future, he intends to don tights and a cape, and show that Kryptonian faker how to really save the world.