Sanjay Gupta

Current

• Founder/CEO at Tea Connexions
• President/CEO at Connexions Trading International Inc.

Past

• Director of International Sales at Jim Scharf Holdings, Ltd

Education

• University of Saskatchewan
• Aden Bowman Collegiate Institute

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Industry

Wholesale

Sanjay Gupta’s Summary

Founder/CEO of Tea Connexions, a tea distribution company that offers gourmet teas beautifully packaged. We accomplish this goal by working with motivated entrepreneurs who promote our products under their own brand names. In addition to gourmet teas, we provide other value added services including training, marketing tools, and e-commerce.

Tea Connexions started in a 200 square foot office as an idea and today is a reality with over 100 distributors selling our products, primarily, in the United States.

In 2009, we set up permanent operations in the United States, Tea Connexions USA and are seeking to set up operations with other partners throughout the world. To learn more about us, visit http://www.teaconnexions.com

I would describe myself as a strategic and tactical executive. I am able to determine a strategy and determine the method to implement the strategy. This is one of my strongest strengths.

The goal of Tea Connexions is to become the "tea connexion", providing our distributors top quality teas we source ourselves, in addition to other established brands.

Sanjay Gupta’s Specialties:

Because of the nature of our business, I am particularly strong in the following areas:

1. Marketing.
2. Sales.
3. Logistics.
4. Communication.
5. Taking an idea from inception to reality.
6. Vision and strategic planning.

Sanjay Gupta’s Experience

• Founder/CEO

  Tea Connexions

  (Wholesale industry)

  January 1998 — Present (11 years 11 months)

  Tea Connexions, a trade name owned by Connexions Trading International Incorporated was formed in November, 1994 and incorporated. Initially, I set up this company as an Import/Export Management company. Today, my primary focus is on Tea Connexions, a tea sourcing, marketing, and distribution company. Recently, we moved from Saskatoon, SK, Canada, to Kingston, ON, Canada for easier access to the United States. We recently set up a permanent base of operations in the United States, head quartered in Missouri. Please visit our website, http://www.teaconnexions.com to learn more.

• President/CEO

  Connexions Trading International Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Import and Export industry)

  November 1994 — Present (15 years 1 month)

  This is the business that started it all. CTI Inc. was set up as an import/export company and handled consumer goods, textiles, housewares. Our main focus was export mangement, helping Canadian companies export and develop sales internationally. Today CTIs main activities involved the import of tea which is distributed by our sister company, Tea Connexions.

• Director of International Sales

  Jim Scharf Holdings, Ltd

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

  March 1995 — April 1996 (1 year 2 months)

  Primary role was to set up Agents throughout the United States and work with large buyers. First big deal was with Kmart where we met with the buyer in Detroit, MI.

Sanjay Gupta’s Education

• University of Saskatchewan

  1987 — 1993

• Aden Bowman Collegiate Institute

  1984 — 1987

Additional Information

Sanjay Gupta’s Interests:

tea, technology, voip, communications, business opportunities, movies, museums, history, travel, food, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. :-)

Sanjay Gupta’s Groups:

Specialty Tea Institute, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, and others.

•    World in your tea-cup
•    Darjeeling
•    The steaming teapot
•    Tea Enthusiasts and Entrepreneurs
•    I Heart Tea
•    Origins of Tea
•    Tea Lovers and Experts
•    Chinese Tea House (嘉木轩)
•    Tea Connexions
•    World Tea Expo Educators
•    World Tea News
•    Black and Tan
•    Twitter Power for Business
•    Tea Sommelier
•    Let's Do Tea
•    Phoenix Metro Area Tea Merchants
•    Taking Tea In Style - Tea Lover's
•    Enchanted Tea Gardens
•    The art of TEA
•    China Tea Business

Sanjay Gupta’s Honors:

Finalist, 2005, Business of the Year by Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce.
Finalist, 2005, Exporter of the Year by Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce.
Speaker at World Tea Expo, 2008

Sanjay Gupta’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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