Emmanuel Smadja

Emmanuel Smadja has a diverse work experience spanning several industries. Emmanuel is currently the CEO and Co-founder of MPOWER Financing, a fast-growing FinTech company that provides loans to promising college students worldwide. Prior to this, they worked at McKinsey & Company as an Engagement Manager and Global Financial Inclusion Fellow, where they led initiatives on reinventing mass market banking in the U.S. and co-authored an article on digital payments in Sub Saharan Africa. Emmanuel also served as a Senior Associate and Junior Engagement Manager at McKinsey, leading negotiations with external vendors and implementing Lean transformations. Emmanuel previously worked as a Senior Analyst at VistaPrint and a Senior Strategy Analyst at Capital One Financial Corp. Emmanuel began their career as a Business Analyst at Celanese.

Emmanuel has also had notable academic roles. Emmanuel worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Virginia, Department of Systems and Information Engineering. During this time, they contributed to several publications on nanotechnology ethics and taught an ethics class for college students. Additionally, Emmanuel served as a Junior Development Consultant at Engineering Students Without Borders.

Early in their career, Emmanuel interned as a Junior Consultant at Autobar Industries Ltd, working on IT and Supply Chain projects. Emmanuel also interned as a Junior Programmer at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, where they developed open source software to improve efficiency in the field of human rights.

Emmanuel Smadja has a diverse education background. Emmanuel obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Strategy and Marketing from INSEAD in 2010. Prior to that, they pursued a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia from 2004 to 2006. Emmanuel also holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree from the University of Virginia, which they earned between 1999 and 2003. During their undergraduate years, Emmanuel double-majored in Computer Science and Cognitive Science. Additionally, there is no specific information available regarding the dates or degrees obtained from Lycee de Beauregard, which may suggest that Emmanuel's education before attending university is unclear or not provided.