Mani Vajipey is the Co-Founder and CEO of Banyan Nation, a globally recognized plastics recycling company based out of Hyderabad, India. In the past year, top FMCG companies in India made over 1.5 billion shampoo, lotion, and home care bottles from Banyan Nation’s 100% traceable, human contact safe, responsibly recycled plastic granules.

Prior to Banyan Nation, Mani was with Qualcomm Inc., in California working on mobile technologies for Apple iPad and iPhone product lines. Mani holds dual MBAs from UC Berkeley (Haas) and Columbia Business Schools; an MS Electrical Engineering Degree from University of Delaware; BTech Electrical Engineering Degree from NIT, Warangal.