Kunal Chopra
Three-time CEO · Board chairman
On the record
Speaking & Media
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Podcasts & video
- Inclusive Decision-Making for Stronger TeamsOn building teams that decide well together, from the Kaspien years.Lilac City Leadership
- AI Agents as the Newest Members of the TeamHow AI agents are evolving from assistants into teammates and automating product compliance for manufacturers.Shift AI Podcast
- Ringing the Bell: Public Company LeadershipOn leading a public company and creating shareholder value.NYSE Floor Talk
- Beckett CEO on Transforming the Collectibles IndustryA conversation on taking Beckett from a services business to a technology platform.Dave & Adam’s — The Chase
- From Mumbai to a NASDAQ TurnaroundWith host Tom Simpson on growing up in India, a career from Microsoft to Groupon to Amazon, and building the Kaspien team.Ignite Talks
In the press
- Beckett Announces Launch of Beckett Vault, a Pioneering Storage and Management Solution for CollectiblesGlobeNewswire
- Beckett Announces Launch of VHS Grading Capabilities With Acquisition of VHSDNAGlobeNewswire
- Beckett Announces Appointment of Kunal Chopra as Chief Executive OfficerGlobeNewswire
- Kaspien to raise $13.5 million through underwritten public stock offeringThe Spokesman-Review
- Spokane Valley-based Kaspien hits $1 billion milestoneThe Spokesman-Review
- Front & Center: Kaspien CEO Kunal Chopra leveraging technology to expand the company into new marketsThe Spokesman-Review
- etailz’ Kunal Chopra named CEO of parent company Trans World EntertainmentThe Spokesman-Review
- Amazon’s shoe business sees double-digit growth, and the year is only halfway overCNBC
- etailz raises $25M in debt funding to help companies sell on big e-commerce platformsGeekWire
- Kaspien Earns Second Consecutive ‘Best Places to Work Inland Northwest’ HonorPR Newswire
- Beckett Announces $200M+ of Capital Received in 2022 to Support Digital TransformationPR Newswire
Speaking
My beat is AI and industrial transformation: what happens to the operating model of a manufacturer, a distributor, or a service business when the work itself starts to be done by software, told from three CEO seats rather than from a slide. For keynotes, panels, and boardroom sessions, write to me with the date and the audience.
Speaking enquiryTopics
- Every company I've run was analog when I got thereWhat it takes to turn an analog business into a technology company, told from three CEO seats: public markets, private equity, venture.
- AI will reorganize the enterprise, not automate its tasksWhat changes in the operating model of a manufacturer, distributor, or service business when the work itself starts being done by software.
- The wrong kind of AIWhy generative and deterministic systems are built for different work, and what belongs where in regulated, compliance-heavy operations.
- Leading a public-company turnaroundKaspien from $2 to $52 on Nasdaq: what the board saw, what the team did, and what I would do again.
