My City January 2023

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PHOTO BY KATY KILDEE

THE KIDWITH THE GOLDENMIC W hen Vedant Gupta holds up the gold en mic and asks his first question, he is doing more than conducting

Vedant Gupta and Global Kid Media BY PETER HINTERMAN PHOTOS PROVIDED BY GLOBAL KID MEDIA

At 16 years of age, Vedant Gupta is the founder and president of Global Kid Media – a company and platform created with the purpose to “motivate kids to succeed early in life and convince kids/parents/society that the conventional way of waiting doesn’t have to be a box we resign to.” During the five years since launching his venture, Vedant has proven his point time and again, conducting over 1,500 interviews, hosting over 300 virtual shows and

an interview with an idol or celebrity. He is proving a point. “What I do doesn’t make me any different from anyone else,” he says. “I want everyone to know that any kid can do this. In this day and age, it is not possible to be without a platform to prove what you can do. Just get started and make it happen.”

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