Durreen Shahnaz was born on April 24,1968 and is a Bangladeshi American entrepreneur, professor, and speaker.
11 Facts About Durreen Shahnaz
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Durreen Shahnaz is the founder of Impact Investment Exchange.
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Durreen Shahnaz has had a particularly pronounced role in the development of impact investing in Asia and the Pacific.
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At 17 Shahnaz moved to the United States where she attended Smith College, graduating in 1989 with a double degree in government and economics.
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Durreen Shahnaz later became the first Bangladeshi woman to attend the Wharton School of Business University of Pennsylvania and received a joint master's degree from School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
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Durreen Shahnaz kicked off her investment banking career at Morgan Stanley, becoming the first Bangladeshi woman on Wall Street.
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Durreen Shahnaz later worked at Grameen Bank, the World Bank, and Merrill Lynch.
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Durreen Shahnaz sold in 2004 at which point Shahnaz began lecturing on social entrepreneurship and innovation at the National University of Singapore.
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Out of this Durreen Shahnaz founded IIX, the world's first social stock exchange which Durreen Shahnaz continues to operate today.
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In 2014 Durreen Shahnaz was awarded the prestigious Joseph Wharton Social Impact Award by her alma mater Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania for her notable contribution to leveraging financial markets for social impact.
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In 2017 Durreen Shahnaz received The Oslo Business for Peace Award for her work in transforming financial and capital markets into mechanisms for social good as well as profit.