Explore and understand how investment capital is transforming the world’s most critical emerging markets In Power of Capital: An Adventure Capitalist’s Journey to a Sustainable Future , distinguished author and Chief Investment Officer at Global Delta Capital, Asha Mehta, shares a simultaneously daring and heartening exploration of rapidly evolving emerging markets. Delivering equal doses of business discussion and geopolitical insight, the author examines the changes gripping the globe and why the average person―and investor―should care. The book provides an on-the-ground perspective informed by the author’s personal experiences and visits to far-flung regions of the world. It also shares incisive commentary on issues crucial to continuing global economic growth, including terrorism and instability, corruption and autocracy, and sustainable investing. Power of Capital offers: Illuminating insights of China’s new role as a global economic powerhouse - Pioneering perspectives of how sustainable investing delivers both alpha and impact - Explorations of how globalization and technology disrupt companies and sectors - In-depth discussions of data’s new and central role as the primary store and creator of value in the modern economy - The case for women as the greatest emerging market in the world A page-turning read from a singular and worldly generational leader, Power of Capital: An Adventure Capitalist’s Journey to a Sustainable Future offers a unique and thought-provoking trip to the globe’s most fascinating emerging markets. Power of Capital takes readers on a fascinating journey through some of the world’s most dynamic and rapidly evolving financial markets. From China to Chile, accomplished investing professional Asha Mehta takes readers on a trip around the world as she travels with her family in search of investment insight. In this book, she delivers daring and inspiring stories along with a discussion of the relevant business and geopolitical happenings. She examines why investors―and people generally―should care about the changes gripping the globe. Readers will discover an on-the-ground perspective from far-flung regions. The insightful commentary she shares about issues crucial to continuing global economic growth, including terrorism and instability, China’s role as an economic powerhouse, corruption, autocracy, and sustainability, is an indispensable addition to any informed discussion of global finance. You’ll find pioneering perspectives of how sustainable investing drives both alpha and impact. From India’s emerging opportunities in clean energy to Africa’s opportunities in food security, the reader will walk the world to find profitable opportunities that reduce poverty and promote equality. As you walk around the world, you’ll discover how technology’s tendency to shape markets is just as strong in the emerging markets as it is anywhere else, as data takes the place of natural resources as the world’s primary store and creator of value. An essential treatment of the importance of emerging markets on the world’s economic stage, Power of Capital is a singularly engaging and insightful take on a subject that has the potential to reshape the world many times over. PRAISE FOR POWER OF CAPITAL “Most investors miss opportunities in new markets simply because they are unaware of them. Asha will tell you how to make money in these markets before they have even emerged.” ―JIM ROGERS, International Investor & Author of Street Smarts “Asha Mehta demonstrates not only why we need to invest in women, but also how our industry benefits from the rigor and global understanding that women investors, like Asha, bring to the table.” ―AMANDA PULLINGER, CEO of 100 Women in Finance “Asha Mehta provides a powerful exposition of how our global sustainability challenges are also the biggest opportunities for capital markets to fund the needed solutions.” ―GEORGE SERAFEIM, Award-Winning Scholar, Harvard Business School, Author of Purpose and Profit “In her epic journey from UP to the UN, Asha Mehta presents a brave and bold vision that investors and business leaders alike should consider.” ―VIJAY ADVANI, Former CEO of Nuveen & Board Member of Global Impact Investing Network “A revolution is occurring in the emerging world. Geopolitics, technology, and sustainability are upending the established order. Provocative and pioneering, Power of Capital will help you make sense of it all.” ― SELORM ADADEVOH, CEO of MTN Ghana “A fascinating book by a pioneer of sustainable finance in emerging market economies.” ― HARINDER KOHLI, Former Director, World Bank; Founding Director, Emerging Markets Forum “This book tells the story of a headstrong young woman traveling the world―from India with no male chaperone to Saudi Arabia with no head covering. You won’t want to put it down once you pick it up.” ― CHURCHILL FRANKLIN, Co-Founder & CEO Emeritus, Acadian; Executive Chair, Intech