Hamza

Goldman Sachs VP and founder of Bondh E Shams

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Hamza Farrukh is Vice President at Goldman Sachs and the founder of Bondh E Shams, a solar water charity. Farrukh was admitted to Williams College and spent a year at Oxford. Farrukh moved to London and works on Bondh E Shams alongside his Goldman Sachs job.

Early life and background

Farrukh's father was a doctor in the Pakistani Army. Farrukh's family lived in Saudi Arabia for three years. Farrukh says he did not attend school until class six. Farrukh started school in class six, in Karachi. Farrukh's older brother was studying medicine. [1]

Education

Farrukh attended Beaconhouse in Rawalpindi and then Roots school. Farrukh sat O levels and A levels. Farrukh won a best delegate award. Farrukh travelled to India during his A levels. Farrukh's delegation spoke on remembering partition during its trip to India. [1]

Farrukh applied to about 30 colleges and was admitted to one of them. Farrukh majored in economics, political science and leadership studies. Farrukh took a summer course on American foreign policy at Williams College in 2012. Farrukh graduated in 2015. Farrukh's college essay was about terrorism in Pakistan. [1]

Farrukh studied PPE, which covers politics, philosophy and economics. Farrukh studied at Exeter College, Oxford. Farrukh's studies focused on development economics. [1]

Career

Farrukh worked as an analyst with the Corporate Treasury Department in New York. Farrukh was rejected by some smaller banks. Farrukh said an issue he faced as an international was that he did not have a visa. Farrukh's Goldman Sachs team had 10 to 15 people, including three internationals. Farrukh was to be hired as a local graduate in Warsaw, a role he did not really want. [1]

Bondh E Shams

Farrukh started the project mostly because he could not find other internships. Farrukh decided to apply for a grant. Farrukh had to convince the grant committee that water underpins everything else. Farrukh took $10,000 and returned to his village in Chakwal. Farrukh's team installed a solar well. [1]

Views

Farrukh has said Pakistan has to diversify its exports to grow them. Farrukh has said technology or innovation can change things overnight. Farrukh has said good policies that are working should be kept. Farrukh has said a central bank is politically independent. Farrukh has said a country's strength cannot be judged by the dollar's value. [1]

Farrukh has said China invests for returns and does not make grants. Farrukh has said he does not expect a major economy to collapse in the next 15 to 20 years. Farrukh has said the US work visa is a pure lottery. Farrukh has said investment banking is an elite, educated club rather than a white one. [1]

Farrukh has said there is a big responsibility on the youth. Farrukh has said a change of mindset is needed, away from small fights and wars. Farrukh has said, with some bias, that Williams College is better than Oxford. [1]

Timeline

2012
Took a summer course on American foreign policy at Williams College.[1]
2015
Graduated.[1]

Appearances

DateTitleWhere
2021-10-22 Why the next world order will be won on economy, not military Thought Behind Things

Frequently asked questions

Who is Hamza?

Hamza Farrukh is Vice President at Goldman Sachs and the founder of Bondh E Shams, a solar water charity. Farrukh studied at Exeter College, Oxford.[1]

What does Hamza do?

Hamza Farrukh is Vice President at Goldman Sachs. Farrukh founded Bondh E Shams, a solar water charity, and works on it alongside his Goldman Sachs job.[1]

Where did Hamza study?

Hamza Farrukh was admitted to Williams College and spent a year at Oxford, where he studied at Exeter College. Farrukh majored in economics, political science and leadership studies.[1]

What is Bondh E Shams?

Bondh E Shams is a solar water charity founded by Hamza Farrukh. Farrukh has said it has provided 40 million cups of clean water in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Yemen and South Sudan.[1]

What is Hamza known for?

Hamza Farrukh is known as the founder of the solar water charity Bondh E Shams. Farrukh is also Vice President at Goldman Sachs.[1]

Where is Hamza from?

Hamza Farrukh's father was a doctor in the Pakistani Army. Farrukh has a village in Chakwal and started school in class six, in Karachi.[1]

References

  1. Why the next world order will be won on economy, not military . Thought Behind Things , 2021-10-22.
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  1. Hamza Farrukh is Vice President at Goldman Sachs. tonight’s guest, Hamza Farrukh. He is the Vice President at Goldman Sachs and the founder of Bondh E Shams, the solar water charity.
  2. Hamza is the founder of Bondh E Shams, a solar water charity. He is the Vice President at Goldman Sachs and the founder of Bondh E Shams, the solar water charity.
  3. Hamza works on Bondh E Shams alongside his Goldman Sachs job. I do Goldman and I do Boond-e-Shams
  4. Hamza describes Bondh E Shams as a clean water charity that uses technology to solve large problems. It's a clean water charity that wants to leverage technology to solve the big problems of the world.
  5. Hamza's father was a doctor in the Pakistani Army. my father was a doctor in the Pakistani Army.
  6. Hamza's family lived in Saudi Arabia for three years. for three years we lived in Saudi Arabia
  7. Hamza says he did not attend school until class six. Pehle che saal, class one to six to main school hi nahi gaya.
  8. Hamza started school in class six, in Karachi. So, class six was actually when I actually started going to school, Karachi ke andar, teen saal.
  9. Hamza attended Beaconhouse in Rawalpindi and then Roots school. So, Beaconhouse Rawalpindi and then Roots ye DHA wala jo hai.
  10. Hamza sat O levels and A levels. Uske baad phir Beaconhouse aur Roots se O levels, A levels.
  11. Hamza won a best delegate award. main wo LUMUN ke andar best delegate award jeeta tha
  12. Hamza travelled to India during his A levels. During A levels, I was able to make a trip to India.
  13. Hamza's delegation spoke on remembering partition during its trip to India. So, our, our delegation went and, and, you know, we, we, we spoke on remembering partition.
  14. Hamza applied to about 30 colleges and was admitted to one of them. I applied to some 30 colleges, unme se ek mein admission hua tha mera
  15. Hamza was admitted to Williams College. Apply and then got into Williams College.
  16. Hamza majored in economics, political science and leadership studies. So, I majored in economics, political science, and leadership studies.
  17. Hamza graduated in 2015. So, 2015 when I graduated, I had done the project nine months before.
  18. Hamza spent a year at Oxford after Williams College. and then I also spent a year at Oxford.
  19. Hamza studied PPE, which covers politics, philosophy and economics. PPE, which is politics, philosophy, and economics.
  20. Hamza studied at Exeter College, Oxford. Um, aur main was at, at Exeter College.
  21. Hamza's studies focused on development economics. meri education was like I said economics, development economics ke andar khaas taur pe.
  22. Hamza took a summer course on American foreign policy at Williams College in 2012. 2012 ke andar I was doing a course on American foreign policy, summer institute tha hamara Williams mein and my topic was China.
  23. Hamza worked as an analyst with the Corporate Treasury Department in New York. So, I was an analyst with the Corporate Treasury Department, um, in New York.
  24. Hamza was rejected by some smaller banks. even though I got rejected from some other smaller banks.
  25. Hamza said an issue he faced as an international was that he did not have a visa. the issue I faced as an international was visa nahi tha mere paas.
  26. Hamza's Goldman Sachs team had 10 to 15 people, including three internationals. Goldman meri jo apni team thi na 10 15 bando ki, usmein teen internationals the.
  27. Hamza has said the US work visa is a pure lottery. US ke andar work visa jo hai it is a pure lottery.
  28. Hamza was to be hired as a local graduate in Warsaw, a role he did not really want. they were hiring me as a local um grad in in Warsaw which I didn't really want to.
  29. Hamza applied separately to Goldman Sachs in London. So what I did was I applied to Goldman Sachs in London separately fresh application.
  30. Hamza was offered a job in London on Brexit day. I got offered a job in London on Brexit day
  31. Hamza moved to London and shifted teams there. So that's how I ended up in in London and when I moved to London I also shifted teams.
  32. Hamza's Williams friends at Goldman Sachs tried to help him. And all my Williams friends at Goldman, they try to help as much as you
  33. Hamza spoke about the solar water project in all of his job interviews. solar water project jo tha, I spoke about that in all of my interviews.
  34. Hamza decided to apply for a grant. So, I was like I'll apply for this grant, agar mil gaya to then I'll figure something out.
  35. Hamza started the project mostly because he could not find other internships. I did this project mostly kyunke I couldn't find any other internships.
  36. Hamza had to convince the grant committee that water underpins everything else. So, I had to convince the committee ke water is fundamental to everything else that happens.
  37. Hamza took $10,000 and returned to his village in Chakwal. took their $10,000, came back to Jood, which is my, my village in Chakwal.
  38. Hamza's team installed a solar well. Aur wahan pe hum logon ne us time pe naya naya ye setup ho raha tha solar, solar well lagaya tha humne.
  39. Hamza has said Bondh E Shams has provided 40 million cups of clean water in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Yemen and South Sudan. We have provided 40 million cups of clean water in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Yemen, South Sudan.
  40. Hamza has described Bondh E Shams as a collection of young people across borders. But at its core it is a collection of young people across borders who want to use that charity as a platform to solve and fix part of that tree.
  41. Hamza has said Pakistan has to diversify its exports to grow them. Export badhane ke liye you have to really diversify.
  42. Hamza has said technology or innovation can change things overnight. the one thing which can fundamentally change things overnight is this thing called T which is basically technology or innovation.
  43. Hamza has said good policies that are working should be kept. Matlab if you have a good policy that's working, stick with it.
  44. Hamza has said a central bank is politically independent. central bank jo hota hai, it is politically independent.
  45. Hamza has said a country's strength cannot be judged by the dollar's value. Lekin aap dollar ko dekh ke apni country ki strength nahi kar sakte.
  46. Hamza has said China invests for returns and does not make grants. China is not a grant making body. Unhone apni economy ke liye invest karna hai. Unko returns chahiye.
  47. Hamza has said he does not expect a major economy to collapse in the next 15 to 20 years. I tend to think in the next 20 years 15 20 years matlab koi bhi economy collapse nahi karegi because they are massive economies now.
  48. Hamza has said there is a big responsibility on the youth. I think there is a big responsibility on the youth as well.
  49. Hamza has said a change of mindset is needed, away from small fights and wars. But we need to move out of our these choti choti ladaiyan, yeh jangein. Change of mindset.
  50. Hamza's college essay was about terrorism in Pakistan. my college essay was in fact about terrorism in Pakistan.
  51. Hamza has said investment banking is an elite, educated club rather than a white one. I think it's not a white person's club, it's the elite educated club.
  52. Hamza has said, with some bias, that Williams College is better than Oxford. maybe I'm biased, is ke Williams is actually better than Oxford.
  53. Hamza's older brother was studying medicine. bada bhai doctory kar raha tha