Harshad Shantila Mehta was born on July 29, 1953, at Paneli Moti, Rajkot District. His Early Childhood was spent in Kandivali, Mumbai, where his father was a small time businessman. Later, the family moved to Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
Mehta had started his working life as an employee of the New India Assurance Company. In the late Seventies every evening Harshad and his brother Ashwin started to analyze tips generated from respective offices and from cyclostyled investment letters, which had made their appearance during that time. In the early Eighties He quit his job and sought a job with stock broker P. Ambalal affiliated to BSE. Than He became a sub-broker for stock-brokers J.L. Shah and Nandalal Sheth. After a while he was unable to sustain his overbought positions and decided to pay his dues by selling his house with consent of his mother Rasilaben and brother. The next day Harshad went to his brokers and offered the papers of the house as guarantee. The brokers Shah and Sheth were moved by his gesture and gave him sufficient time to overcome his position. He became stronger after this incident and his brother quit his job to team with Harshad to start their venture GrowMore Research and Asset management Company Limited.
