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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1984|01|14}}
| birth_place = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
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| education = [[Lehigh University]]
| occupation = [[Entrepreneur]]
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| parents = [[Yogeshwar Varma]]
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'''Aneesh Varma''' is a London-based serial [[entrepreneur]] and [[angel investor]]. He is best known as the founder of Aire - a [[fintech]] company building a new process to a simplify credit decisions for consumers. He also previously co-founded [[FabriQate]], which went on to be an [[HSBC]] Startup Star 2008 & 2009, LDA KC Award 2009, [[British Council]] YCE in 2009 and CF500 in 2010. He was featured on the Business Insider 35 under 35 Fintech list in 2018<ref name=BusinessInsider>{{cite web|last= BusinessInsider|title=Bio|url=http://uk.businessinsider.com/uk-fintech-35-under-35-list-2018-3/#27-aneesh-varma-34-founder-and-ceo-of-aire-9|work=BusinessInsider|publisher=BI|accessdate=11 June 2018}}</ref>

Varma has been a vocal campaigner for [[financial inclusion]]. He was educated at [[Lehigh University]], USA studying Engineering and a second degree in Quantitative Finance. He was recognised by the European Commission as one of 12 Entrepreneur of the Year nominees in 2014<ref>{{cite web|last=Commission|first=European|title=Europioneers2014|url=http://www.europioneers.eu/portfolio-category/web-entrepreneur-of-the-year/|work=European Commission|publisher=Europioneers|accessdate=21 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107053329/http://www.europioneers.eu/portfolio-category/web-entrepreneur-of-the-year/|archive-date=7 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and by the British Council as a Young Entrepreneur 2009<ref>{{cite web|last=Council|first=British|title=Creative Economy|url=http://creativeconomy.britishcouncil.org/people/aneesh-varma/|work=British Council|publisher=British Council|accessdate=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907095940/http://creativeconomy.britishcouncil.org/people/aneesh-varma/|archive-date=7 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> in the technology sector. In 2020 he was named the Technology Innovator of the Year in the Credit Sector <ref name=CreditCollections>{{cite web|last= 2020 awards|title=Awards|url= https://awards.credit-connect.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-Credit-Collections-Technology-Awards-review.pdf| work=CreditCollections|publisher=CC|accessdate=11 December 2020}}</ref>

== Life ==
At age 15, Varma achieved a perfect score on the [[Cambridge University]] course for Advanced Mathematics. He continued his mathematical focus at university, completing the entire PhD coursework during his bachelor's degree.

Varma is a Lehigh University Martindale Scholar from 2005, publishing his research on Hungary's transition to a market-based Financial System.<ref>Varma, Aneesh, "Hungary's Transition to a Capital-Market-Based Financial System: Problems and Solutions" (2006). Volume 24 - Transformation in Post-Communist Hungary (2006). https://preserve.lehigh.edu/perspectives-v24/10/</ref>

== Career ==

Varma started his first business at 16 and was involved with startups in his university days. At age 21 he was hired into [[JPMorgan]] in New York working on transactions for Financial Technology industry including [[Visa, Inc.|Visa]], Synovus and other consumer finance lenders.

Varma also serves on the Lehigh University Alumni Association (LUAA) board amongst other non-profit commitments.

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->David Gerard at 22:37, 11 November 2021