The Groundbreaker

The Groundbreaker is an inspirational and riviting account of Kanwal Rehki, an influencial Indian entrepreneur, who set the standard for business leadership in both India and America.
In The Groundbreaker, Kanwal Rekhi pens an inspiring and deeply personal journey of busines success. His story spans from India to America, and captures his transformational immigration story from crisis to company boardrooms.
More than just a business memoir, this book is a call to action—for dreamers, doers, and those brave enough to bet on themselves. With lessons on resilience, leadership, innovation, and purpose, it’s a guidebook for the next generation of changemakers.

Kanwal was the first Indo-American Founder & CEO to take a venture-backed company public on the NASDAQ, co-founded and built TiE into the largest global network of Indian entrepreneurs, and co-founded Inventus where he applies his full energy and time building Inventus into a leading early stage venture franchise.
Kanwal came to the United States from India for graduate studies, advanced through the engineering ranks in a number of technology companies, and then co-founded Excelan in Silicon Valley to commercialize ethernet and TCP/IP – standards which became the basis of the Internet. He took Excelan public in 1987, becoming the first Indo-American Founder & CEO to list a venture-backed company on the NASDAQ.