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                                                                                                                                    Getting Rich Your                    Breakdancing                    Completing a
                                                                                                                                    Own Way by Brian                                                     Triathlon
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                                                                                                                                    DAIS empowered me with confidence and                through action. Exposure to the IB program,
                                                                                                                                    equipped me with the tools to take risks & seize    with a diverse group of teachers from all over
                                                                                                                                    opportunities that life has to offer.               the world, inspired me to become an
                                                                                                                                                                                        independent thinker and be curious about the

                                                                                                                                    Throughout my life, I have taken on challenges      world beyond my bubble. However, the learning
                                                                                                                                    and accomplished what others have deemed            didn’t end in the classroom. Our teachers went
                                                                                                                                    impossible. At 22, I partnered up with a few        above and beyond to expose us to knowledge,
                                                                                                                                    friends to establish a digital agency that has      and motivate us to do more with our lives. Mr
                                                                                                                                    become one of India’s most successful               Coleman was one such teacher who left a
                                                                                                                                    independent agencies and recognised for our         permanent imprint on me, having lived and
                                                                                                                                    excellence by international platforms such as       worked in multiple environments, including
                                                                                                                                    the Webby Awards. At 30, I was recruited by         war-torn Yemen. I learned the importance of
                                                                                                                                    Barclays Bank in the UK to lead their transition    serving others, primarily to support people who
                                                                                                                                    from a pure-play bank into a platform business      don’t have the same opportunities as I did.
                                                                                                                                    and engineered one of the largest Bank-Tech
                                                                                                                                    partnerships in the UK with Amazon. And more        Today, I am building a platform that will
                                                                                                                                    recently, I have established a neo-bank in India,   hopefully create opportunities for millions of
                                                                                                                                    in collaboration with an RBI-licensed bank, to      people to rise, and build their confidence to
                                                                                                                                    enhance the financial resilience of millions of      dream a little bit more. Many of the
                                                                                                                                    underbanked people in India, with a heightened      communities I serve today are living in slums
                                                                                                                                    focus on women from low-income,                     within 30 minutes of our school, which makes
             ZAHOOR                                            Zahoor Rahimtoola is currently a                                     marginalised communities, and youth.                my work even more meaningful. To make this

                                                                                                                                                                                        dream a reality, I look forward to partnering
                                                                                                                                                                                        with my daring & driven DAIS community to
                                                                                                                                    I have truly embraced and embodied the
             RAHIMTOOLA                                        fintech entrepreneur building Saathi, a                               school’s mantra and tried to exemplify that         build a better future for every Indian.
                                                               neo-banking platform backed by an
                                                               RBI-licensed bank to enhance financial
             Class of 2005                                     resilience, with a focus on youth and


                                                               women from lower-income,
                                                               marginalised communities.
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