Kanwal Rekhi Book Launch | March 5 at Commonwealth Club SF
We are delighted to invite you to a special Bay Area book launch of THE GROUNDBREAKER: Entrepreneurship, The American Dream, and the Rise of Modern India by TiE Co-Founder, Kanwal Rekhi.
TiE SV is proud to co-host this event in partnership with the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.
📅 Thursday, March 5, 2026
⏰ 5:15 PM – 7:30 PM PT
📍 Commonwealth Club
110 The Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA 94105
The evening will feature a fireside conversation followed by a networking reception.
We hope you will join us in celebrating Kanwal’s remarkable journey and contributions to entrepreneurship across the TiE ecosystem and beyond.
Please note: To make this accessible for our South Bay members, Kanwal has graciously arranged a coach bus from the South Bay for those who would like to attend.
About Kanwal Rekhi
Kanwal Rekhi is the first Indian-American founder and CEO to take a company public on the NASDAQ and a co-architect of India’s modern entrepreneurial ecosystem. After arriving in the United States in 1967 with just $8 in his pocket, he co-founded Excelan to commercialize Ethernet and TCP/IP standards—the foundation of today’s Internet—and led the company to a successful IPO in 1987.
A TiE Co-founder and former President, Kanwal has mentored over 10,000 entrepreneurs and invested in more than 200 early-stage companies, including Exodus Communications (IPO), Poshmark (IPO), redBus (acq. Ibibo Group), Sierra Atlantic (Hitachi), and NetMagic (NTT). Today, he leads Inventus Capital Partners and Silicon Valley Quad (SVQ), continuing to champion immigrant entrepreneurship and innovation globally.