Sadek Wahba

Sadek Wahba
Born 1965
Cairo, Egypt
Education Harvard University
London School of Economics
American University in Cairo
Occupation Managing Partner, I Squared Capital
Employer I Squared Capital

Sadek Wahba is the founder and managing partner of the New York City-based global infrastructure investment company[1] I Squared Capital.

Early life and education

Wahba, who grew up in Cairo and attended the Collège de la Sainte Famille, is the great grandson of Youssef Wahba, a former prime minister of Egypt and prominent Coptic Egyptian judicial scholar. The Wahba family have produced jurists, scholars and diplomats involved in Egyptian political life.[2][3] He has a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University, a M.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in economics from the American University in Cairo.

Career

After graduating from Harvard University with a Ph.D. in economics, Wahba had a career as an economist working for The World Bank and later as a banker. His research at Harvard included labor migration and worker remittances as an important source of foreign capital to many emerging markets.[4] Another area of research has been on measuring causal inference in social studies. One of his publications was selected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as one of their 50 most influential papers in the last 50 years.[5]

In the 1990s, he joined the private sector as a banker at Lehman Brothers. In 1998, he was hired by Morgan Stanley, where he rose to become a senior executive leading infrastructure investments.[6] He launched the bank's $4 billion infrastructure investment fund and built a global portfolio of infrastructure assets.[7]

After 14 years with Morgan Stanley, he left the bank to form I Squared Capital, a US-based private equity group that invests in infrastructure projects in the U.S. and in developing economies, particularly China and India. The group currently manages over $3 billion, including a recent commitment from the US government's Overseas Private Investment Corporation to invest in South East Asia.[8] He is also an active commentator on the need for more investment in infrastructure to promote economic growth.[9]

Awards and Honors

He is a member of the board of trustees of the American University in Cairo,[10] a senior member of St. Anthony's College at the University of Oxford and was part of the expert committee on the World Economic Forum first report on global infrastructure investments.

He is currently residing in New York City, and is married with two children.

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Sadek Wahba". The American University in Cairo - Dr. Sadek Wahba. The American University in Cairo. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Magdi Wahba".
  3. ↑ "Mourad Wahba".
  4. ↑ Lucas, Robert E. B. (2005-01-01). International Migration and Economic Development: Lessons from Low-income Countries. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781781959169.
  5. ↑ "50 Influential Journal Articles". MIT Press Journals. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. ↑ LaCapra, Lauren Tara (September 18, 2012). "Exclusive: Morgan Stanley infrastructure fund hit by Volcker rule". Thomson Reuters. Reuters. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Guerrera, Francesco (May 12, 2008). "Morgan Stanley fund to tap Asian growth". Pearson. Financial Times. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Infrastructure Investor | I Squared Capital Gets Approval for $200 Million Funding". Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  9. ↑ "WAHBA: The state of the union’s roads, rails, bridges". The Washingtion Times. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  10. ↑ "Dr. Sadek Wahba". The American University in Cairo - Dr. Sadek Wahba. The American University in Cairo. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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