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Tarek Ghani

Assistant Professor of Strategy, Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis

Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship awarded in 2010 to pursue a PhD in Business Administration at University of California, Berkeley.

Tarek Ghani is the child of immigrants from Lebanon and Afghanistan.

About Tarek Ghani

Tarek Ghani is an assistant professor of strategy at Washington University in St. Louis and a nonresident fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. He has published his research in the American Economic Review, AEJ: Microeconomics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Foreign Affairs, and the Harvard Business Review. Ghani is a senior economic adviser at the International Crisis Group, where he previously served as chief economist and director of the Future of Conflict Program. He has also worked with the Center for Global Development, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Humanity United, the United States Institute of Peace and the World Bank. Ghani holds a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. from Stanford University.

Education

  • BS in Symbolic Systems, Stanford University
  • MS in Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley
  • PhD in Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley

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Work History

  • Assistant Professor of Strategy, Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis
  • Chief Economist & Program Director, Future of Conflict, International Crisis Group
  • Nonresident Fellow in the Global Economy and Development program, Brookings Institution

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