36 min
S3E3 - Dr. Ayman Ismail MCP '99 PhD '09 UnliMITed
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- Karriere
Dr. Ayman Ismail has more degrees than I can keep track of. He did a bachelor’s in Construction Engineering at the American University in Cairo (AUC) graduating 1995. In the same year, he started an MBA also in AUC and graduated in 1997. Then he did a master’s in MIT in City Planning. graduating 1999. For the following six years, he worked as a consultant in McKinsey, and then the world bank. He then went back to MIT, but this time, for a PhD in International Economic Development.
Few years later he decided to go back to his hometown, Cairo. Today, he is the Abdul Latif Jameel Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship and the founding director of AUC Venture Lab, and he is a co-founder, angel investor, or board member, of several fast-growing startups in fintech, microfinance, and logistics.
In 2012, he was selected as a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Dr. Ayman Ismail has more degrees than I can keep track of. He did a bachelor’s in Construction Engineering at the American University in Cairo (AUC) graduating 1995. In the same year, he started an MBA also in AUC and graduated in 1997. Then he did a master’s in MIT in City Planning. graduating 1999. For the following six years, he worked as a consultant in McKinsey, and then the world bank. He then went back to MIT, but this time, for a PhD in International Economic Development.
Few years later he decided to go back to his hometown, Cairo. Today, he is the Abdul Latif Jameel Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship and the founding director of AUC Venture Lab, and he is a co-founder, angel investor, or board member, of several fast-growing startups in fintech, microfinance, and logistics.
In 2012, he was selected as a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
36 min