Bela Gandhi

Dating & Relationship Expert / Founder / Entrepreneur / Wife / Mom

Bela Gandhi is a nationally renowned dating/relationship expert, founder of Smart Dating
Academy, host of the top-rated Smart Dating Academy podcast and has been featured on most
national/local media outlets including Good Morning America, Steve Harvey, the Today Show,
Kelly Clarkson, CNN, Access, ABC, NBC, Fox, and more. Smart Dating Academy boasts zero
divorces in 14 years, with thousands of happy couples.

After Gandhi graduated (with dual degrees in Finance and German from the University of
Illinois in Urbana/Champaign), Gandhi worked in mergers and acquisitions for Arthur Andersen
in Chicago for a year before joining her family's chemicals manufacturing company (CCC), where
she divided her time between Chicago and Europe helping to expand the business. When the
Gandhi family sold its business to Fortune 500 company Akzo Nobel, she was asked to remain
its leader, and became Akzo Nobel Non-Stick Coating’s Global Vice President of Housewares.
But even as she quickly climbed the corporate ladder, Gandhi had a feeling that her career
would one day be taking a sharp turn in a different direction – because she discovered her gift
of matchmaking and providing dating advice. She became an entrepreneur and launched Smart
Dating Academy in 2009.

Smart Dating Academy has quickly become one of the nation's top date/relationship coaching
firms - and teaches busy, successful professionals to jump start their dating lives successfully.
Smart Dating Academy is described by its clients “like going to Harvard Business School, but for
dating and relationships.” SDA’s coaches become personal trainers for their clients’ love lives –
helping them to navigate the ever-changing world of online & in-person dating. The SDA
coaching program is results-oriented and fun - which helps you to clarify who is right for you,
stop old dating patterns, and use technology the RIGHT way. Bela attends more weddings than
she can count and she “loves love”.