Mittul Patel was born in India and raised in the US. His studied Biology and Philosophy at the University of Kentucky, and has a master’s in medical sciences from Drexel University. After college, Mittul founded a media agency in Philadelphia and later worked in a healthcare marketing agency where he crafted advertising campaigns for pharmaceutical companies. He is currently completing his MBA at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business where he is actively working on his latest venture, Zaars, a South Asian fashion startup.