Pratik Shah started his career as an equity research analyst in 2004. He later moved into the eyewear space and started Sri Venkateswara Optics in 2005 and then renamed the brand as Specsmakers in 2007. The first store in 2007 has now grown into a network of 300 stores across South India.

He is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the retail industry, skilled in negotiation, customer service, coaching sales, and retail. He graduated from the Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University as a strong business development professional with an MBA in Finance & Marketing.

Pratik Shah is also a member of the round table India, EO, and RAI.

His interests lie in the consumer business and value for the money domain with an option to scalability and he is very happy to connect with energetic entrepreneurs in the consumer space through The Chennai Angels.