Karthik Sarma

About Karthik Sarma

Sarma founded hedge fund SRS Investment Management in 2006 after five years at Chase Coleman's Tiger Global and now manages $10 billion.

SRS owns 43% of Avis through common stock and equity swaps, and Sarma has served on the car rental company's board since May 2020.

Avis stock surged 456% in 2021, fueled by talk of adding electric vehicles to its fleet, which helped Sarma's flagship fund return 35%.

Sarma is an Indian immigrant who came to New York to get his master's at Princeton and spent three years as a consultant at McKinsey.