Vedant is the 14-year old President of Global Kid Media doing celebrity interviews and hosted shows which he started doing in 2011.  He has done 1,500 celebrity interviews including 200 hosted shows with about 200 verified blue checkmark followers on Instagram Live and a few thousand followers there.  He has interviewed MVPs of the Super Bowl and World Series along with NCAA, PGA, NASCAR, music, and other stars.  The list includes a who's who like Mr. Jack Nicklaus, Patrick Mahomes, Zion Williamson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Giannis Antetokounmpo, Magic Johnson, Snoop Dogg, Martha Reeves, Dierks Bentley, Nate Burleson, Rece Davis, Charlie Ward, and more.

Vedant is an ambassador for the Hue Jackson Foundation which helps to stop trafficking.  In February 2020, he partnered with MSC Cruises for the Super Bowl in Miami interviewing NFL and other players and famous alumni to promote #SuperCoralPlay to preserve the corals in the oceans.  In elementary school, Vedant read a poem against teen depression to his high school resulting in an English high school teacher writing that her class was in tears.  This led him on the path to trying to utilize his communication skills with social causes to have kids make impact.  He has promoted on his show athlete causes like talking to NBA player Glenn Robinson III about his Ari Foundation helping to strengthen bonds of fathers and kids.

Vedant has covered events that range from Super Bowl week, Final Four, Citrus Bowl, College Football Playoffs national semifinal, PGA, NASCAR, NFL training camps, Hall of Fame, NCAA basketball games, MLB games, celebrity golf events, alumni events, Maui Invitational, and more.  He has made about a dozen trips including the majority being roundtrip drives over 20 hours in the car.  He has done about 25 partnerships as well with hotels, destinations, restaurants, entertainment attractions, cruise lines, and more.  He has made revenue or offset expenses in the amount of an estimated $10,000 which has included making literally 100 calls from the car on the long road trips to find hotel partners to do cross promotion with to offset stays.

In terms of education and outside interests, Vedant speaks some Hindi and takes Spanish 4 and Chinese 2 currently.  He is in 9th grade currently, but he takes primarily a 11th grade workload including AP English Language, Honors Chemistry, and Honors Algebra 2 along with World History.  Vedant plays sports year round including 9th grade quarterback for his football team and was involved in wrestling, swimming, cross country, track, basketball, and football (plus played Little League baseball) during middle school.  He was honored with a wrestling award for dedication not missing a practice and also did not miss a practice for 5 months during this past football season.  He has however traveled 50+ nights on the road pre-Covid doing school work late nights.

Vedant continues his journey.  He continues to get to be known by top coaches, players, entertainment stars, entrepreneurs, and even people like Stanford MBA professors he has had fun shows with.  His interviews include Coach K, Coach Izzo, Coach Self, Coach John Harbaugh, Coach Boeheim, Coach Kerr, Franco Harris, Seahawks Griffin brothers, Harlem Globetrotters, Cassius Winston, Udoka Azubuike, Tyrese Maxey, Cole Anthony, Deshaun Watson, Saquon Barkley, Darius Slay / Matt Prater, Draymond Green, and families like that of Chase Young, Tre and Tyus Jones, Raghib "Rocket" Ismail, Patrick Mahomes' Mom, Dwyane Wade's Dad, etc,. and many more.  He has also done fun dancing / funny face / trivia and other segments be it talking to Alabama football players, Baltimore Ravens players, Duke basketball players, Michigan football players, Kentucky basketball talent, or others.

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