page_title: Mir Ibrahim Rahman
section_title: Education and early career
hierarchical_section_title: Mir Ibrahim Rahman / Education and early career
caption_attribution_description: Pictured from left: Imran Aslam (President, GEO TV), Nancy Birdsall, Mir Ibrahim Rahman (CEO, GEO TV), Molly Kinder.
context_page_description: Mir Ibrahim Rahman is a Pakistani media proprietor who serves as the chief executive of the Geo Television Network.
context_section_description: In 2000, Rahman graduated summa cum laude from Babson College with honours in economics, finance and entrepreneurship. After his graduation, he worked as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs specialising in media and telecom. After a brief stint with the 
  investment banking and securities firm, he returned to Pakistan in 2002.
  Until 2002, the electronic media in Pakistan was largely dominated by state-owned institutions like Pakistan Television Corporation and the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation. This monopoly was thwarted when the Musharraf regime regulated electronic media allowing for private television channels to be operated independently. It was during this liberalisation of the media in Pakistan that Rahman saw an opportunity to expand his family business.
  In 2002, he co-founded the privately owned television network, Geo TV. What started as a 5-member operation out of a hotel room turned into one of largest television broadcast networks in Pakistan. Geo TV was later recognised as a pertinent driver of change in the media landscape of the country. "Geo has changed Pakistan's media landscape, consistently challenging the monopoly-and monotony of state-run Pakistan Television, or PTV." "For the first time, analysts say, television in Pakistan is reflecting this predominantly Muslim country's diverse society and offering an independent source of news." Rahman has since served as the CEO of the television network that now employs more than 2,500 workers across the globe.
  In 2009, he joined the Harvard University John F Kennedy School of Government while pursuing his master's degree in public administration. He later had to take a sabbatical alongside his wife Sheena following her pregnancy. Sheena was also a fellow Harvard alumni pursuing her master's degree in education. Rahman also serves as a member of the Young presidents' Organization in Pakistan, a charter member of the Indus Entrepreneur and the director of Mir Khalil ur Rahman Foundation.
caption: Mir Ibrahim Rahman (3rd from left) and Geo TV president Imran Aslam (far left) entertain Center for Global Development president Nancy Birdsall and senior analyst Molly Kinder on their visit to the Geo TV offices.
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