2025 Top Consultants: Prashant Agrawal

Prashant is the visionary CEO of Impact Analytics™, AI-native SaaS solutions and consulting services company that has been leading innovation rooted in AI for almost a decade. Since founding the company, Prashant’s firm belief that cutting-edge AI/ML can be game-changers for retail has become a reality. Impact Analytics has notably transformed the retail & CPG industry by driving data-driven approaches that meet consumers’ evolving needs. Today, top retailers rely on Impact Analytics to make data- and ML-driven supply chain, forecasting, planning and pricing decisions. An Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the mid-Atlantic, Prashant is a serial entrepreneur with experience at McKinsey and BCG. He has been a columnist and contributing editor for GQ India, a columnist for Mint-WSJ, and has contributed op-eds to the NYT, FT, WSJ and CNBC. An alum of Columbia University, Prashant’s commitment to nurturing future leaders led him back to his alma mater as a professor. He spearheads the university’s pioneering course on AI and advanced analytics in retail, imparting his wealth of knowledge and passion to inspire the next generation of innovators. Through his dual role as an entrepreneur and educator, Prashant continues to drive positive change, shaping the future of retail and beyond.