I just love growing, / like I said, / I think / growing is a very important thing, / and when I was very young, / I started working / when I was 17 years old / and I remember / my mother telling me this, / really young, / that women should be financially independent. / It doesn’t matter who your father is, / doesn’t matter / what your husband is going to be. / It doesn’t matter / who your brother is. / It doesn’t matter / who the man in your life is. / You need to be responsible for your finances / and be financially independent, / and that kind of really stuck with me. / And as my career expanded, / it was really important for me / to invest in little things / So once I discovered tech, / I have always been a fan / of technology. / I wanted to be an aeronautical engineer / at one point. / I wanted to build rockets. / I wanted to, / you know, / go to space. / But then / I became an actor. / Go figure. / And when I got the opportunity, / I remember / I was at a dinner for Bumble / in New York, / and I just thought / it was such a cool, / cool thing to bring back to India, / where women take the first move. / To bring it to a country / which has a patriarchal sort of society, / which actually the world is. / The world over is sort of patriarchal, / and we as women / need to fight to change that, / to create that kind of equality / because / no one’s going to give it to us / and they’re going to fight for us / to have it. / So / it started from taking Bumble / to India. / And then / my next investment / is this engineering school, / which is called Holberton / which was based on Betty Holberton. / She was one of the first female engineers / in the world, / and this school / is a peer to peer teaching program / where you don’t have to pay a tuition / and you can pay back your tuition / after you graduate / and get a job / so that / you don’t have to worry about, / you know, / how much school’s cost. / So that / females can actually be a part of engineering. / Just think about it this way. / All of us consume tech, / right? / All of you have cell phones. / Everyone has computers. / We’re always online. / Digital / is such a big part of our lives. / But the people creating technology, / it’s so skewed / because it’s mostly men. / And / these are men / who decide what we as women need. / So / we need females / to come / and do engineering / as AI starts coming in / and it’s going to be a big part of our lives. / Can you imagine / the artificial intelligence that we are consuming / being created by guys, / and guys / are going to decide / what kind of things we like? / So / we need women to come in / and realize / that tech is a big part of who we are / and who we are going to be / and our future. / So hence/ me investing in the engineering school. / I really love female-driven companies / and I like to give them / as much strength as I can / with my platform, / and that’s a big quest of mine / in life. /