Umair Haque | |
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![]() Haque at the NEXT Conference in 2009 | |
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Occupation(s) | Consultant, Author |
Umair Haque is a British economist, consultant and author. He was the director of the Havas Media Lab, [1] has previously blogged in the Harvard Business Review and is author of the book The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business. [2] The book sets the "incumbent" capitalists of the 20th century against the 21st "insurgents" and states that the latter are creating a more sustainable "new capitalism". [3] [4] He has written on economic and civilizational issues on the Medium writing platform but is now less active on Medium and prefers The Issue .
Haque is the son of Pakistani economist Nadeem Haque. [5] He graduated from McGill University with a degree in neuroscience and got an MBA from the London Business School. [1] [4]