About Emad

Hometown:
Karachi, Pakistan

University Partner:
Princeton University

Degree:
Economics & Philosophy

Grant Partner:
Forbes Media

Senior Mentor:
Matthew Miller, Senior Editor

"I learned the ways in which different people approach questions that are central in life; what is success, why and when should one be happy, what is being motivated and why should one be, what's important in life. I really enjoyed the Final Dinner—the camaraderie, and the feeling that I had created bonds with the other Scholars."

Scholar Background

Pursuing separate degrees in both Economics and Philosophy as well as a minor in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Emad has immersed himself in independent research at Princeton. He wrote his Economics Junior thesis on game theoretic explanations for lower court sentencing policy and his Philosophy Junior thesis on the metaphysical assumptions underlying judgments of moral blame. In past summers, Emad has worked as a research assistant for professors at University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business, Princeton University, and Stanford University. He was invited by the Canadian mathematical research network MITACS to Simon Fraser University in Vancouver where he forecasted the online services demand for Bell Canada's Vancouver 2010 Olympics website. An avid debater, Emad was a former member of the Pakistan national debating team and is currently a member of the Princeton varsity debate team. His debating career includes participation in the World Schools Debating Championships (Germany 2004, Canada 2005) as well as the World Universities Debating Championships (Thailand 2008). He has served as an Executive Board Officer for Princeton Admission Links and is also a member of the musical-comedy troupe, the Princeton Triangle Club.

Internship Highlight

At Forbes, Emad compiled short-paper styled reports on the various individuals, both rich list regulars as well as new prospects, he was assigned to research for the Forbes 400. The report consisted of the individuals’ owned assets and an approximate valuation of those assets, such as private and public companies, real estate, art, and yachts. Emad valued approximately 100 individuals, discovered new ones who were worth over $1 billion, and managed to interview many of these potential candidates.