Ashim joined Baron Capital in 2011 as a research analyst and was named portfolio manager of Baron Innovators Fund in 2018 and Baron Technology Fund in 2021. He has 26 years of research experience. From 2004 to 2011, he worked at Mazama Capital as a telecom, media, and technology portfolio manager. From 2002 to 2004, he worked at RBC as a senior equity research associate. From 1999 to 2002, he co-founded and worked at iExplore, an online travel company. From 1996 to 1999, he worked at PWC as a senior strategy consultant. Ashim graduated from Rutgers University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering in 1992 and from New York University Stern School of Business with an M.B.A. in 1996.