KARACHI: Four individuals of Pakistani origin have been featured on Forbes magazine’s annual ‘30 under 30’ list released on Tuesday.

The list, available on the Forbes website, featured 600 individuals making strides in 20 different industries, including art and style, education, games, food, enterprise technology and media.

The four people of Pakistani origin featured in the 2018 edition have been selected for their achievements in the industries of retail and e-commerce, enterprise technology and education.

Sarah Ahmed, 28, was chosen for her work in the retail and e-commerce industry. The New York-based entrepreneur founded Warp + Weft, “a premium denim brand that weaves its own fabric to guarantee the best value and fit”, aiming to increase size inclusivity.

In the enterprise technology category, Pakistani-origin S. Zayd Enam, 25, and Khizer Hayat, 28, were featured for their innovative initiatives.

Mr Enam dropped out of high school to start Mediconnect which is “a healthcare provider platform in Pakistan”. Later, he also dropped out of his PhD programme at Stanford University and founded ‘Cresta.ai’ — a start-up which aims to scale and improve the quality of customer services.

Mr Hayat, on the other hand, is the president of the Teach Pakistan Initiative — a non-governmental organisation working to improve the rural education system in Pakistan.

He is featured on the honorary list as co-founder of ‘ThroughPut’ which is “a data science automation company which estimates waste in supply chain and logistics operations and offers recommendations to eliminate bottlenecks and areas of concern”.

The fourth Pakistani, Raza Munir, 29, was selected for the edition’s education category for his start-up ‘Climb Credit’ which aims to help students in skills-based fields manage their debt.

According to Forbes, Mr Munir has provided affordable loans to 5,000 students attending 60 schools. He founded ‘Climb Credit’ along with Zander Rafael, Amit Sinha and Vishal Garg.

Published in Dawn, November 16th, 2017