Saadia Zahidi

Saadia Zahidi is a Managing Director at the World Economic Forum. She heads the Forum’s Centre for the New Economy and Society. She co-authors the Forum's Future of Jobs, Global Gender Gap, Reskilling Revolution, and Global Human Capital Reports.[1][2][3][4]

Saadia Zahidi
Saadia Zahidi in 2009
Born
Pakistan
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
InstitutionsWorld Economic Forum

She won the Financial Times and McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize for young business authors for her business book proposal, Womenomics in the Muslim World.[5] Zahidi is the author of Fifty Million Rising, which was published by Bold Type Books in 2018 and longlisted for 2018 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.[6]

She is honoured in BBC'S 100 Women in 2013 and 2014.[7][8]

Zahidi grew up in Pakistan.[2] She gained a bachelor's degree in economics from Smith College, a master's in international economics from Graduate Institute Geneva, and an MPA from Harvard University.[4]

References
  1. "Bracken Bower winner Saadia Zahidi snags book deal". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
  2. "Seeking a finer balance". Harvard Gazette. 2010-10-15. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
  3. Zahidi, Laura Tyson and Saadia (2014-10-31). "The Slow March to Gender Parity". Project Syndicate. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
  4. "Saadia Zahidi - Agenda Contributor | World Economic Forum". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
  5. Zahidi, Saadia (13 November 2014). "'Womenomics' is starting to transform the Muslim world". Financial Times. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  6. Zahidi, Saadia (2017). Fifty Million Rising: How a New Generation of Working Women Is Revolutionizing the Muslim World. PublicAffairs. ISBN 1568585918.
  7. "100 Women: Who took part?". BBC News. 2013-11-22. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  8. "Who are the 100 Women 2014?". BBC News. 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
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