About Zia Chishti; A Pakistani Business Magnate in 21st Century
About Zia Chishti; A Pakistani Business Magnate in 21st Century laureatefolks@gmail.com Zia Chishti is a Pakistani American business tycoon and the founder of three-billion-dollar companies – Invisalign, TRG Global, and Afiniti. Born in 1971 to an American father and a Pakistani mother in Bar Harbor, Maine (the USA), Wilson Lear relocated to Lahore, Pakistan in 1974 when his father passed away. His mother renamed him Muhammad Ziaullah Khan Chishti as she did not want him to stand out or be discriminated against in Lahori society. Zia Chishti finished his high school education at the Lahore American School and although he wanted to pursue his business goals right after, his mother persuaded him to return to the USA for higher education. He then went on to complete his Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science and economics from Columbia University in 1992 and upon graduation, began his professional journey as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley . He worked in b...