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Kindly Evaluate my Profile

by ravipilani » Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:57 am
Hi,

Thanks in advance for whoever can comment on my profile and suggest me next steps.

Name: Ravi Pilani

Age: 26 (DOB: 05 dec 83)

Fulltime work experience: 85 months (by August 2011) in Edelweiss Capital, a prominent financial services firm in India; 2.5 years as a derivatives sales trader; balance as an investment banker focusing on M&A advisory. 5 transactions successfully closed so far.
Background Workex: Have a family business. Revenue of Rs.2bn. Listed on stock exchange. Have worked in the business for 8 years prior to working with Edelweiss. (Please note i graduated in 2004. Worked in family biz since school and throughout college. Have handled prestigious government contracts and started company in UAE to do import-export of specific items)

Education: Bachelors in Management Studies (BMS) from Mumbai University with distinction.
Diploma in Business Finance from ICFAI university
June 2010 candidate for Level 3 American CFA
Schooling from Jamnabai Narsee

Extracuricular: trained Salsa, Jive and Waltz dancer. Have performed live shows for audiences above 5,000.

GMAT Score: 690, M 50, V 33

I am mainly looking to get through to Ivy league.. obvious top choices are Wharton, Harvard, Chicago, Columbia, and Sloan. Other schools I want to look at are London Business School and INSEAD.

Regards,
Ravi
and once agian... thanks in advance!
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