Ashish Goyal
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. He is widely recognized as the first legally blind trader to work on the London and New York trading floors, and has held senior positions at major institutions, including J.P. Morgan, BlueCrest Capital, Citadel, and Tharo Management.[1][2] Goyal has been honoured with the National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.[3][4][5]
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 the time he was 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. He worked at ING Vysya Bank as a fixed income trader in Bangalore for three years before enrolling at Wharton in 2006.
Goyal was the first blind student at Wharton Business School in Philadelphia,[6] where he was selected by his peers to receive the Joseph Wharton Award.[7] He graduated from Wharton in 2008, earning an MBA with honours.
In 2008, he was employed at J. P. Morgan's London office and is the first visually impaired trader in the world.[1][2] He started on the prop trading desk at J. P. Morgan and spent a couple of years in their CIO office.[1] 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.[4][5]
In 2015, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.[8][9][7]
Goyal is a motivational speaker and has spoken at the London Stock Exchange, the World Economic Forum at Davos,[10] the Sohn Charity Conference, and other corporate and nonprofit events on his life, investing, and the global economic markets.
His involvement in charity work includes supporting research on Vedic sciences, Ayurveda, and Yoga and has raised thousands of dollars annually for charities including educating underprivileged children in India, Blindness Research, and International Peace. He has served as a trustee and advisor to many international non-profit organizations. He is also a supporter of theatre and arts.
After moving to London, Goyal took up blind cricket and represented the Metro London Sports Club in 2009,[11] where his team won the UK domestic blind cricket tournament.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Werdigier, Julia (2 December 2010). "Managing Risk for JPMorgan, and Blindness". DealBook. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "Ashish Goyal: 'From the dumpster to the goldmine!' | Campden FB". campdenfb.com. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ a b "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) - ^ a b "List of Recipients of National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, 2010" (PDF).
- ^ "Ashish Goyal". Wharton Magazine. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Ashish Goyal". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Delevingne, Lawrence (6 April 2015). "Can these young financiers change the world?". CNBC. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Disability Inclusion". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Metro Blind Sport opening doors to sport". Metro Blind Sport. Retrieved 9 February 2021.