Karthik Sarma

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| education = Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Princeton University

| occupation = Hedge fund manager

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Karthik Sarma (born 1974/1975) is an Indian billionaire hedge fund manager. As of June 2023, his net worth was estimated at US$2.9 billion.{{cite web|title=Forbes profile: Karthik Sarma |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/karthik-sarma/ |work=Forbes |access-date=24 June 2023}}

Sarma earned a bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and a master's degree from Princeton University.

Sarma worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Co for three years before joining Tiger Global Management, where he worked for five years. In 2006, he founded the hedge fund SRS Investment Management and now manages $10 billion. SRS owns 43% of Avis Budget Group and Sarma is a director.

In 2021, Sarma was one of eight hedge fund managers to earn over $1 billion, with $2 billion, mostly from a 5.5 times rise in the Avis share price.{{cite news |title=Corner Office: Karthik Sarma |url=https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1x32xw0xbd24t/Karthik-Sarma |access-date=11 September 2022 |work=Institutional Investor |date=March 10, 2022}}

He lives in New York City.

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