Paras Maniar

Paras is native Southern Californian and active member of the growing Los Angeles startup community. Paras Maniar is the Chief Executive Officer at Bobit Business Media. Prior to digi Paras ran the Los Angeles office for WPS Challenger LLP and was a member of the firm’s Executive Committee where he was responsible for the performance of their portfolio companies in North America as well as identifying new investment opportunities in the region. As an entrepreneur Paras was a founding executive of EQAL – a media start-up acquired by Everyday Health (NYSE: EVDY) in September of 2012. Paras has also worked in the Los Angeles office of McKinsey & Company and was a financial analyst with the High Tech Mergers & Acquisitions Group at JP Morgan Chase. Paras completed his bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Economies of Industrial Societies from the UC Berkeley, received a J.D. from Northwestern School of Law and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management. Happily married with two lovely children, his wife Payal keeps his global entertainment knowledge fresh with regular screenings of Bollywood’s best films.