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Ashish Goyal
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Ashish Goyal, Global Macro Investor
Born
Mumbai, India
Education Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies University of Pennsylvania

Ashish Goyal is an Indian-born financial professional, motivational speaker, and disability advocate who is blind. He worked as a trader at financial institutions including J.P. Morgan, BlueCrest Capital, Citadel, and Tharo Management. [1] [2] He received the National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in 2010 and was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2015. [3]

Biography

Goyal was born and raised in Mumbai, India. He developed retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye condition that began affecting his vision at the age of seven - by 19, he had lost his sight completely.

Goyal ranked second in his class at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai and won the 2003 Dun and Bradstreet Best Student Awards. [4] He was selected by his peers to receive the Joseph Wharton Award. [5] He worked at ING Vysya Bank before enrolling at The Wharton School, the business school of The University of Pennsylvania, in 2006.

Goyal was the first blind student at Wharton in Philadelphia, [6] where he was selected by his peers to receive the Joseph Wharton Award. [5] He graduated from Wharton in 2008, earning an MBA with honours. [7]

In 2008, he was hired by J. P. Morgan. [1] [2] He has since worked as a Portfolio Manager for Macro Hedge Funds such as BlueCrest Capital, Citadel Investment Group, and Tharo Management.

Goyal received the National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December 2010. [8] [3]

In 2015, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. [9] [10] [5]

Goyal is a motivational speaker and has spoken at the London Stock Exchange, the World Economic Forum at Davos. [11]

After moving to London, Goyal took up blind cricket and represented the Metro London Sports Club in 2009. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 Werdigier, Julia (2 December 2010). "Managing Risk for JPMorgan, and Blindness". DealBook. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 Wachtel, Katya. "Meet Wall Street's Real Life Daredevil: Why The First Totally Blind Trader on Wall Street Is A Superhero". Business Insider. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 "List of Recipients of National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, 2010" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Multi-talented Goyal honoured, conferred with highest award". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Ashish Goyal". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Ashish Goyal". Wharton Magazine. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Commencement Program, 2008". Penn University Archives and Records Center. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Wharton/NMIMS grad and world's first visually-impaired trader Ashish Goyal to receive President's award | PaGaLGuY.com – India's biggest website for MBA in India, International MBA, CAT, XAT, SNAP, MAT". 4 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ↑ Delevingne, Lawrence (6 April 2015). "Can these young financiers change the world?". CNBC. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Visually impaired 34-yr-old has flown a plane, is now a Young Global Leader". The Indian Express. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Disability Inclusion". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "Metro Blind Sport opening doors to sport". Metro Blind Sport. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
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