Ethan Agarwal co-founded The Coterie, which builds software for private-fund GPs and LPs, and led it as CEO from 2021 to 2025; he now invests through DYA Capital. Agarwal previously founded and led Aaptiv, an audio-fitness app that grew to more than one million paying members and roughly $100M in revenue before its assets were acquired, and earlier worked at McKinsey & Company, Citadel, and Lehman Brothers. He holds a B.A. in economics and political science from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA in finance from the Wharton School.