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Shantanu Srivastava on Breaking Free From Pharmaceutical Dependency

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Bleav + Anika Jackson

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5.0 • 132 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Shantanu Srivastava's journey from leading global consumer health brands to founding Health Verse represents a fundamental shift in how we approach wellness in the modern world. His lived experience with type 2 diabetes since his mid-twenties became the catalyst for reimagining an entire healthcare ecosystem. After over two decades of managing his condition through medication alone, reaching a point where insulin was recommended, Shantanu realized that the healthcare systems across multiple countries—India, France, and the United Kingdom—shared a critical gap: they treated symptoms rather than addressing the underlying causes of chronic disease.

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Now, the way I have approached it is to keep, try and keep that to the minimum and then do the right things faster, not do the wrong things.

0:10.4

There's something that I have always believed in is pushing hard doesn't solve the problem quickly.

0:15.6

Rather could compound the problem or break the fundamentals.

0:19.4

Yeah, but can I find ways to do the right thing but do them faster?

0:24.5

Step into the world of success with your brand amplified, the ultimate podcast designed

0:30.0

to unravel the intricacies of thriving businesses.

0:33.1

I'm your host, Onika Jackson, and I'm on a mission to uncover the stories, strategies, and

0:38.6

secrets that have propelled entrepreneurs and business leaders to success.

0:45.8

I'm really thrilled to have today's guest who has built some of the biggest brands in global

0:51.5

consumer health, including Danone, Opeella, Twinings. But it was deeply

0:56.9

personal issue, Shantanu, that had you walk away from a conventional playbook and co-found

1:03.7

wellness movement, which this is something that I've been seeing a lot of people who I've

1:09.9

been interviewing lately are in this world. And it's something that I'm been seen a lot of people who I've been interviewing lately are in this world.

1:13.0

And it's something that I'm also seen a lot with people outside of the podcast, just in my realm,

1:19.0

realizing that we have to focus on these issues. So first and foremost, Shantanus Rivatsava,

1:24.9

thank you so much for being here. And I'd love to hear about that journey

1:29.3

into having these big roles, building up these big companies, and then realizing, oh,

1:35.0

there's something else affecting my life, my family's life that I need to focus on.

1:39.9

Indeed, Anika, there is. And thanks for having me on the show. I'm delighted to be here and lovely to meet you.

1:45.9

As you said, it's been a bit of a journey for us together with my partner and she and I together

1:50.8

founded this new initiative, which was after, as you said, several years of corporate

1:56.1

life and brands and innovation and products, a bit related in the health and wellness

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