Bilal Musharraf is a Pakistani actuary (chartered accountant) and educationist. He is best known as the son of former Pakistan army chief and president General Pervez Musharraf.
Wiki/Biography
Bilal Musharraf was born on Tuesday, October 17, 1972, in Pakistan (49 years old; as of 2021). His zodiac sign is Libra. Bilal Musharraf completed his education in different military schools in Pakistan. He is an alumnus of Military High School, Faji Foundation Academy and Hassan Abdul Cadet Academy. In grade 12, he chose science as a professional subject. In 1989, after completing his 12th class, Bilal Musharraf joined the prestigious University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. In 1990, he left the University of Lahore to study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in actuarial science in 1994. In 2005, he joined the Stanford Graduate School of Business and received his MBA in 2007. In 2006, Bilal entered Stanford University and received his master’s degree (education) in 2008.
family
Parents and siblings
His father, General Pervez Musharraf, is the former President of Pakistan and a General of the Pakistan Army. The 1999 Kargil War is believed to have been the brainchild of Pervez Musharraf. His mother’s name is Seheba Musharraf.
Parents of Bilal Musharraf, Pervez Musharraf and Saiba Musharraf
His sister is Ella Musharraf. She is an architect and married to Pakistani film director Asim Raza.
Ella Musharraf, sister of Bilal Musharraf
wife and children
His wife, Iram Aftab, is a banker.
Bilal Musharraf and wife Ilam Aftab
The couple has a daughter.
religion
Bilal Musharraf believes in Islam.
Profession
In 1994, Bilal Musharraf started working with a car insurance company called Automobile Insurers Bureau. Until 1997, he worked there as an actuarial analyst. In 1997, Bilal was promoted to senior actuarial analyst at the same company, a position he held until 2000. In 2000, Bilal Musharraf moved to the Greater Boston area in the United States and was employed by Willis Towers Watson as a benefits consultant. There, he worked to develop policies regarding employee benefit plans for employees of Fortune 500 companies. He worked for the company until 2004. In 2004, he left the United States and moved to the United Arab Emirates. From 2005 to 2006, Bilal Musharraf worked as an assistant manager at a firm called Emerging Markets, where he conducted in-depth research on emerging investment opportunities for clients in the global economy. In 2005, Bilal Musharraf returned to the United States and studied for an MBA at Stanford University. After completing his Master of Business Administration (MBA) in 2007, Bilal interned for several months at a Chinese company called New Hope Group. There, he conducted supply and demand-related research on agricultural and commercial enterprises to help his clients develop productive financial policies. From 2007 to 2009, he served as Vice President at ePlanet Ventures. In 2009, Bilal moved to San Francisco and served as Vice President (Development) of GEMS Education. Under his leadership, GEMS Education established a chain of schools in the United States adhering to the International Baccalaureate (IB) standards. In 2010, Bilal left GEMS Education and started working as the Head of the Translation Department at Khan Academy. As director of the School of Translation, he developed policies to help the organization promote its educational content in non-English-speaking countries. In 2014, he resigned from Khan Academy and continued as director of operations at One Market Capital, LP, where he was responsible for managing operations related to the company’s Frontier Markets investment long/short equity fund. . After two years there, Bilal joined Edmodo in 2016 as Director of Strategic Partnerships. There, he established partnerships with different schools and telecommunications companies, thereby overall improving the quality of education in the United States. In 2019, Bilal Musharraf of the same company was promoted to vice president of global strategy and sent to Singapore. Bilal worked as Edmodo’s vice president for a year. In 2020, he quit his job at Edmodo and moved to London to serve as Vice President (Partnerships) at Noon Academy. In 2021, he was appointed Executive Director of Noon Academy and leads the Noon Open Boundary Learning Enablement (NOBLE) project.
Facts/Trivia
- Pervez Musharraf named Bilal after one of his close friends, a Pakistan Army officer who was killed in the 1971 Indo-Pak war.
- On July 18, 1994, while serving as Director General of Military Operations, Pervez Musharraf wrote a letter to his son advising him to perform his duties with complete honesty and integrity.
Parvez Musharraf’s letter to his son in 1994
- Bilal Musharraf often attends various education-related events and summits, such as the World Innovation Summit in Education (WISE).
Bilal Musharraf during the WISE Summit
- Salman Ahmed, the lead guitarist of the Pakistani band Junoon, is also a good friend of Bilal Musharraf and he once called Pervez Musharraf a dictator. Bilal didn’t like this and wrote a letter to Salman expressing his anger.
- Bilal Musharraf is a staunch advocate of online learning. He believes online learning platforms will one day revolutionize the education sector. Bilal said in an interview,
We live in an era where, thanks to the Internet and telecommunications, quality education is universally accessible to everyone. For places without teachers, having open educational resources is better than having no teachers at all, but ideally a qualified, capable teacher with access to technology that enables teachers to provide personalized support. Online education provides the opportunity for independent learning in the absence of a teacher. “
- Bilal Musharraf has always supported his father, but he hates politics. Whenever he was asked a question related to politics, he would avoid it.
- In 2005, Bilal Musharraf visited India with his grandmother. This was her last wish to return to her ancestral home in New Delhi.
Bilal Musharraf with his grandmother in Delhi
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