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GRIT Ed. 9 “Family Matters”
decision to collaborate happened naturally.
met in the second year of university and
spent most of their time together. Marion
“I’ve just wanted to make sure that the
was going to law school after graduating,
two of them were well educated, and could
which, according to Rustom, helped push
run their own thing. So this was the icing on
Reza to think about what he wanted to do
the cake - the fact that they were actively
in his career as well. It was this push that
doing something together.”
led him to pursue a job in Chicago that
eventually motivated him further to go
When I think of Reza and Asif and how
after what he really wanted - to succeed
they are both at the top of their game
as an entrepreneur and help others do the
today, Rustom and Zarina seem to have
same.
achieved their objective. Defining their
family as a tight knit, cohesive unit, Rustom
A lot of the very accomplished people
and Zarina have always been a huge part of
I have worked with have one thing in
the sons’ and now their families’ lives. Their
common - their desire to give back to
grandchildren’s friends visit them now,
the community. With Reza, that desire is
just like their children’s friends did years
profound. Over the years, I have seen him
ago. The bond the family shares is truly
contribute, not just materially, but also in
remarkable. Be it Rustom coaching the
time and energy, towards the Canadian
soccer team at Reza’s school, or making an
entreprenurial community. This sense of
effort to know the boys’ friends, Zarina and
giving back has been inculcated in both
Rustom made sure they were involved in
Reza and Asif, by their parents, since they
Reza and Asif’s lives in a meaningful way.
were children.
Another important influence in Reza’s
“What makes me the proudest is the fact
life is his wife, Marion. Reza and Marion
that we instilled in them that we are very
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