KARI (WEI) SARKAR

ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

  kw@startuptap.com |   347-834-6175

Born and raised in NYC, Kari spent four winters in Chicago before migrating to sunny California. While she loves her new home, she will never understand why people think it’s appropriate to wear parkas in 60-degree weather or flake on commitments, professional or otherwise. And let’s not get her started on walking slow.

With a seemingly disparate background in sociology, performing arts, and management training/executive coaching at Bridgewater (world’s largest hedge fund), it’s hard to understand how Kari wound up in recruiting. Yet it all makes sense when you consider that at the heart of everything Kari has ever done is a love for (and obsessive fascination with) people: what makes them tick? How are they similar and/or different? Why? And what would be the optimal environment for them to learn, grow, and evolve, without sacrificing happiness or personal fulfillment?

When you put it that way, it’s difficult to imagine Kari doing anything else… but she does occasionally take a moment to unwind with her husband, two dogs, and way too much League of Legends.