Syed Ali Raza

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Syed Ali Raza
Nationality  Pakistan
 United States
Ethnicity Muhajir
Occupation Entrepreneur
Children Mir Hussain Raza[1]

Syed Ali Raza is an Pakistani businessman and author.

History

Raza was born to Syed Hashim Raza. He attended the London School of Economics, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in economics. Raza also holds a Master of Science in Administrative Sciences from Cass Business School and a graduate degree from Karachi Institute of Business Administration. He later became the President of the National Bank of Pakistan,[2] being the longest serving President of the bank up to that point, and has also worked at the North African branch of Bank of America.[3] While serving as the President of the National Bank of Pakistan, Raza eliminated over 3,000 jobs and closed 250 branches, raising the bank's profits and lowering its bad loans.[4] In 2006 BusinessWeek included Raza in their list of the "25 Stars of Asia", ranking him among the top 4 financiers in Asia.[5][6][7] Raza has also been given a Sitara-e-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan, the highest award a citizen can receive.[2]

Raza resigned from his post in 2012 for unstated reasons.[8]

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