Rabeel Warraich (Shark Tank) Age, Wife, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Rabeel Hamza Warraich
Other Name	Rabeel H Warraich
Profession	Entrepreneur
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 10" (178 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt and Pepper
Personal Life
Date of Birth	18 October 1985 (Friday)
Age (as of 2024)	39 Years
Birthplace	Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Zodiac sign	Libra
Nationality	Pakistani
Hometown	Karachi, Pakistan
School	• St. Mary's Academy, Rawalpindi, Pakistan • Cadet College Hasanabdal
College/University	• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA • University of Oxford, England
Educational Qualification	• Bachelor of Science (Economics) (2004-2008) • Bachelor of Science (Management Science) (2004-2008)
Religion	Islam
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • Twitter • LinkedIn
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	20 January 2024
Family
Wife/Spouse	Maha Shahzad (entrepreneur)
Children	Son- 1
Parents	Father- (businessman, Islamabad) Mother- (teacher, Federal Government College for Women, Islamabad)
Siblings	Brother- 1 (philosopher, photojournalist) Sister- 1 (neurobiology professional)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rabeel Warraich

• Rabeel Warraich’s father owned a travel agency in Islamabad, Pakistan. His family travelled abroad yearly during his growing-up years. According to him, these travels instilled a global outlook on life.

• During his school education, his peers nicknamed him MIT after he disclosed his goal to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA.

• After he graduated from MIT, he started his career in 2008 as an investment banking analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions division of the investment banking company, Morgan Stanley in London, United Kingdom.

• From 2011 to 2017, he worked as the vice president of the private equity division of GIC (Government of Singapore Investment Corporation) Private Limited in London, UK.

• During this period, he formed an investment consortium with other finance professionals who shared his interest in high-growth startup companies. Their first investment was in Spotify, a Swedish audio-streaming and music provider.

• Once the startup culture began in Pakistan around 2014, he started researching the early-stage businesses in Pakistan.

• In December 2016, he founded the venture capital firm Sarmayacar with Dr. Bernhard Klemen, a friend and former colleague from Morgan Stanley. The firm’s first investment was USD 200,000 in Patari, a music-streaming service.
  

  Rabeel Warriach (right) with his business partner Dr Bernhard Klemen

• In 2017, the firm invested USD 250,000 in the pharmaceutical supply chain company Procheck.

• As the business activities of Sarmayacar increased he decided to leave GIC and return to Pakistan in May 2017.

• In 2018, Rabeel Warraich became the interim CEO of Patari after a sexual harassment controversy led to a change in its top management.

• He was a board member of Dawaai Private Limited (a digital healthcare platform and online pharmacy) from February 2020 to August 2023.

• Since 2019, he has been a board member of Bykea (a ride-hailing and parcel delivery service company) and Revolving Games, Inc. (a gaming studio).

• He was the ambassador for the impact operating system company The Ark from 2021 to 2023.

• He is a fellow (a member of Class 24) of the Kauffman Fellowship program (a leadership development program for venture capitalists) under the mentorship of the investment officer at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group.

• Since 2023, he has been a faculty at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.

• In September 2024, he appeared as a judge in the television program Shark Tank Pakistan aired on Green TV Entertainment.
  

  Rabeel Warraich (left) on the poster of the television program Shark Tank