Bilal Musharraf (Pervez Musharraf’s son) Wiki, Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Bilal Musharraf is a Pakistani Actuary (Chartered Accountant) and an educationist. He is best known as the son of the former army chief of Pakistan and President General Pervez Musharraf,

Wiki/Biography

Bilal Musharraf was born on Tuesday, 17 October 1972.age 49 years; by 2021) in Pakistan. His zodiac sign is Libra. Bilal Musharraf completed his schooling in various military schools in Pakistan. He is an alumnus of Military High School, Fauji Foundation College and Cadet College Hassan Abdal. In class 12th, he had chosen science as a subject of specialization. In 1989, after completing 12th, Bilal Musharraf joined the prestigious Lahore University of Engineering and Technology. In 1990, he left the University of Lahore and studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from where, in 1994, he graduated with a degree in BS (Actuarial Science). In 2005, he joined the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and completed his MBA from the university in 2007. In 2006, Bilal joined Stanford University from where he earned his degree in MA (Education) in 2008.

family

parents and siblings

His father, General Pervez Musharraf, is a former Pakistani Army General. He was also the President of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. He is also known for the mastermind of the 1999 Kargil War. His mother’s name is Sahba Musharraf.

Parents of Bilal Musharraf, Pervez Musharraf and Sehba Musharraf

His younger sister’s name is Ayla Musharraf. She is an architect by profession and is married to Asim Raza, a Pakistani film director.

Bilal Musharraf’s sister Ayla Musharraf

wife and children

His wife’s name is Iram Aftab. He is a banker by profession.

Bilal Musharraf with his wife Iram Aftab

The couple has a daughter together.

religion/religious thought

Bilal Musharraf believes in Islam.

career

In 1994, Bilal Musharraf started working with an automobile insurance company named Automobile Insurers Bureau. Till 1997, he worked there as an Actuarial Analyst. In 1997, at the same company, Bilal was hired as a senior . was promoted to Actuarial Analyst, an appointment he held until 2000. In 2000, Bilal Musharraf moved to the Great Boston area of ​​the United States, where he was hired by Willis Towers Watson as a benefits consultant. There, his job was to formulate policies related to employee benefit plans for employees working in Fortune 500 companies. He worked with the company till 2004. In 2004, he left the United States and relocated to the United Arab Emirates. From 2005 to 2006, Bilal Musharraf worked as an assistant manager in a company named Emerging Markets. There he conducted extensive research on emerging investment opportunities for clients in the global economy. In 2005, Bilal Musharraf moved back to the US to pursue an MBA from Stanford University. After completing his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in 2007, Bilal worked for a few months as an intern with a Chinese company called New Hope Group. There he conducted research into the supply and demand of agricultural and business-oriented firms to assist their clients in formulating productive financial policies. From 2007 to 2009, he served as Vice President at ePlanet Ventures. In 2009, Bilal moved to San Francisco, where he worked as Vice President (Development) at GEMS Education. Under his leadership, GEMS Education established a chain of schools in the US, upholding the International Baccalaureate (IB) standard. In 2010, Bilal left GEMS Education and started working with Khan Academy as Dean of Translation. As dean of translation, he formulated policies that helped the organization promote their educational materials in non-English speaking countries. In 2014, he left his job at Khan Academy, and joined One Market Capital, L.P. After working there for 2 years, Bilal joined Edmodo in 2016 as Director of Strategic Partnerships. There he partnered with various schools and telecommunications companies, resulting in an overall improvement in the quality of education in America. In 2019, Bilal Musharraf was promoted to vice president of global strategy at the same company, and was sent to Singapore. As Edmodo’s vice president, Bilal served for a year. In 2020, he quit his job at Edmodo and moved to London to work as Vice President (Partnership) with Noon Academy. In 2021, he was made executive director at Noon Academy, and was tasked with leading the Noon Open Borders Learning Enablement (Noble) program. As of 2022, Bilal Musharraf is still working with Noon Academy as its executive director.

Facts / Trivia

• Pervez Musharraf named Bilal after a close friend of his, who was an officer in the Pakistani Army and died during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

• On 18 July 1994, while serving as the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO), Pervez Musharraf wrote a letter to his son, advising him to perform his duties with utmost honesty and integrity.
  

  The letter that Pervez Musharraf wrote to his son in 1994

• Bilal Musharraf is a renowned global educationist, thus, he is invited to the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) every year.
  

  Bilal Musharraf during the WISE summit

• Salman Ahmed, the lead guitarist of the Pakistani band Junoon, who is also a good friend of Bilal Musharraf, once said Pervez Musharraf as a dictator. Bilal did not like this and so he wrote a letter to Salman expressing his anger.

• Bilal Musharraf is a staunch supporter of online learning. He believes that online learning platforms will someday revolutionize the field of education. In an interview, Bilal said,
  

  We are living in a time where thanks to the Internet, and thanks to telecommunications, it is possible to make quality education universally accessible to all. For places where people do not have teachers, it is better to have open educational resources than not to have teachers, but the ideal situation is a qualified, competent teacher who has access to technology that enables the teacher to provide personalized support. . In situations where teachers are not available, online education provides an opportunity for self-directed learning.”

• Bilal Musharraf always supports his father, but he is averse to politics. Whenever he is asked any political question, he avoids the question.

• Bilal Musharraf is a man of clean image. He is known to be a self-made man because despite being from an influential family, he does not hold any significant position within the Pakistani establishment.

• In 2005, Bilal Musharraf came to India with his grandmother, as his grandmother’s last wish was to move to her ancestral hometown in New Delhi.
  

  Bilal Musharraf with his grandmother in Delhi