years_active birth_place image_size nationality article_title employer name occupation alma_mater
2005 - present greater sudbury , ontario , canada 200px american farhan zaidi
 los angeles dodgers farhan zaidi general manager massachusetts institute of technology
farhan zaidi

farhan zaidi is a canadian-american sports executive of pakistani descent .
he is currently the general manager of the los angeles dodgers .
zaidi was born in canada and raised in the philippines .
he has a bachelor of science degree from the massachusetts institute of technology and a doctorate of philosophy -lrb- phd -rrb- in economics from the university of california , berkeley .
he briefly worked for the boston consulting group and the sporting news website between mit and berkeley .
while at berkeley , he read the book `` moneyball '' and it changed his life .
he saw a job posting for a baseball operations position with the oakland athletics and sent out his resume , beating out 1,000 other applicants for the job .
he was a data analysis sabermetrics assistant when he started .
his boss with the athletics , billy beane called him `` absolutely brilliant '' and credited him with the acquisition of cuban star yoenis céspedes .
for the 2013 season he was promoted by the athletics to the post of director of baseball operations and added assistant general manager to his title in 2014 .
on november 6 , 2014 , he was hired by the los angeles dodgers as their new general manager .
zaidi is one of two muslim executives in major league baseball .
he is of pakistani ancestry .
he is the first muslim general manager of any american pro sports franchise .
