Mohamed El-Erian, the former head of a $US 2 trillion investment fund and the current Chair of US President Obama’s Global Development Council, has revealed he quit his job after his daughter wrote him a list of 22 milestones in her life that he had missed during his career. In a personal essay, the former CEO of PIMCO investment fund, who was once rumoured to be considered for the position of head of government in Egypt, wrote that he received a ‘wake-up call’ after realizing that he was not making enough time for his 10-year-old daughter and his wife. “The list contained 22 items, from her first day at school and first soccer match of the season to a parent-teacher meeting and a Halloween parade. And the school year wasn’t yet over,” revealed El-Erian, who was born in New York City but spent most his childhood in Egypt as the son of an Egyptian Ambassador. “I felt awful and got defensive: I had a good excuse for each missed event! Travel, important meetings, an urgent phone call, sudden to-dos,” he explained, before adding that he could no longer rationalize his…
Egyptian businessman left his multi-million dollar job after daughter wrote him a letter
September 25, 2014
