Youngest Goldman Sachs VP from Pakistan Shares his Story | Wiser Together EP. 63

About this episode

Daniyal Siddiqui shares his journey from rejection to becoming a VP at Goldman Sachs and discusses the challenges he faced in his personal and professional life.

Daniyal Siddiqui went from getting rejected by his school for A levels to becoming one of the youngest VP’s at Goldman Sachs at the age of 27. He later joined Apollo Global Management to lead their TMT team. He is 30, based in New York for over 11 years, and runs 50kms every single week without missing a day. In this conversation, Daniyal opens up about what happened when his work life, relationships, and mental health all came crumbling down at the same time. He talks about how running beca...

People in this episode

Host: Wiser Together

Guest: Daniyal Siddiqui

Topics covered

• career success
• mental health
• running
• personal development
• overcoming adversity

Keywords

• Goldman Sachs
• Daniyal Siddiqui
• mental health
• running
• career
• success
• adversity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Goldman Sachs, Apollo Global Management

Places: Pakistan, New York

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