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Who is Omer Ismail? The only Pakistani who made it to the Fortune’s Most Influential Under 40 List

Who is Omer Ismail? The only Pakistani who made it to the Fortune’s Most Influential Under 40 List

ISLAMABAD – Who is Omer Ismail? The only Pakistani who made it to the’Fortune’s Most Influential Under 40 List’.

Omer Ismail, a Pakistani finance professional, has been named in Fortune’sMost Influential Under 40 List link for2019.

The 39-year-old is the only Pakistani to make on the list and was selectedfor making waves in the finance industry, a private media outlet reportedlink.

He is currently serving as a partner at Goldman Sachs, one of the leadinginvestment banks in the world, where he oversees entire US consumerbusiness.

As an undergraduate at Dartmouth College, he did not take a finance course.He rather focused on editing the Ivy League institution’s studentnewspaper, The Dartmouth.

He, however, was hired at Wall Street’s most prestigious investment bank.

Ismail, who grew up in Karachi, Pakistan earned his MBA at Harvard BusinessSchool aside after which he worked his way up to managing director onGoldman Sachs’ private equity investment team.