Aarav Chavda is the Co-Founder and CEO of INVERSA Leathers. Aarav started INVERSA to leverage capitalism to tackle one of the top 5 threats to biodiversity: invasive species. INVERSA manages a portfolio of luxury leathers made from invasive species that support ecosystem restoration and global economic development. Today, INVERSA has launched collections with dozens of fashion brands and removed tens of thousands of invasive species, saving over 2 billion native animals.

Prior to INVERSA, Aarav was a consultant at McKinsey & Company and has a research background in materials science. Aarav earned his B.S.E. in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and was recognized as a Forbes 30 under 30 awardee in 2022.