The Key Man

by Simon Clark

“Naqvi’s emphasis on education and self-reliance, along with his self-made personal narrative, untainted reputation and emphasis on fairness and justice resonated well.”

throughout history, the market has been the most powerful force the world has ever known for creating opportunity and lifting people out of poverty.”

Some thought Arif displayed the traits of the dark triad—a combination of narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism.

“What you still have is enormous income inequality, and income inequality leads to social issues,” Arif said.

But it had to be a free market of companies with hearts big enough to address the root cause of conflict, which was inequality,

Arif could have taken a pay cut to ease the financial pressure on Abraaj but this was never really an option for him, even as the cash crunch worsened.

“You can invest into the infrastructure of cities and almost anything you touch, whether it’s logistics, healthcare, education, financial services, consumer goods, and services—and I could keep going on with that list—there will always be an investible opportunity within urbanization that is going to land up helping you make money.”

“I need to walk away from this with three things,” he said. “Wealth, dignity, and reputation.” “If someone told you that you could walk away from this mess with all of those three things you are delusional,” Bisher said.