Hardik Patel
Mr. Hardik Patel is the founder and Promoter of FINQUEST GROUP OF COMPANIES. Hardik launched FINQUEST upon his return to India from the U.S.A. in 2005 with a view to develop a world-class financial services platform that would raise the bar in the Indian context in delivering high quality capital market transaction, financial advisory services and lending institution.
At FINQUEST, in brokerage business (Finquest Securities Pvt. Ltd.) Hardik is actively involved in originating and maintaining relationships with various institutional investors (domestic and international), corporates, high net worth individuals, and family offices.
He along with his father has been instrumental in setting up the NBFC business (Finquest Financial Solutions Pvt. Ltd.) wherein they have grown the assets size to more than Rs. 1000 crores. Apart from lending to Corporates Finquest specializes in acquiring stressed assets. The group have successfully acquired manufacturing assets of marquee brands like Reid & Taylor, Digjam and Premiere Tissues.
Over the last ten years, Mr. Patel has been actively managing his own proprietary investments, on which he has successfully managed to generate significant capital appreciation. He is well-reputed for being adept at identifying the “right” under-valued small and mid-cap stocks that have translated into exponential returns.
Hardik holds an MBA from Crummer Graduate School of Business, Florida, USA.