Arsh Toor: Her Dad Would Have Killed for the Job She Quit

Founder Portraits · Jan 25, 2026 · 40m

Arsh Toor's dad moved from India to Canada as an engineer and ended up taking whatever work he could find to support a family on a single income. The message was clear: work hard, get good grades, get a steady job. Arsh did exactly that. She got into an impressive school, landed in investment banking, and spent five years at two different shops in New York. Then she quit to make pistachio butter.

Arsh talks about what it felt like to look at the seniors on her team and realize she didn't want their life. About logging back on at 9 p.m. and knowing that was never going to change. About telling…