Akhil Gupta

Akhil Gupta is the founder of Universal Enlightenment & Flourishing, a nonprofit that promotes religious literacy, cross-cultural understanding and human flourishing. He was an Impact Leader in Residence at Harvard University and the founding chairman of Blackstone India, where he served as a partner at the world’s largest private equity firm. 

After decades of success in the corporate world, Gupta stepped away from business to study happiness, meaning and human flourishing at Harvard University, MIT and Yale. A lifelong learner and global thinker, he brings together Eastern and Western wisdom, psychology, philosophy and personal insight to help people lead more meaningful lives. In Love, Learn, Play, he shares his signature LLP mindset to guide others towards their own authentic path to flourishing. 

He is also the author of Bridges Across Humanity: Different Religions, Similar Teachings.