Profile Evaluation (Family Business)

Hi,

I am from family business and have a wide range of responsibilities which honestly, I am finding difficult to compress in the essays. Details of the profile-

Citizen : India
Age: 24
Graduated in: Electronics and Telecom 2007
GPA : 7.0/10 (Cannot be converted to 4 point scale)
GMAT : 680 (Q-44, V-38)
Work ex- 3 yrs at the time of joining

Work Experience: Joined my family business in 2007. Have exposure to fields of steel fabrication, import export and real estate and all are registered firms in the respective countries.

International Exposure- Instrumental in establishing a private company in Qatar. Researched Oman and UAE as prospective locations for the company but decided on Qatar for variety of reasons.

Short Term Career Interest: Joining a Private equity/ Venture capital firm to understand both sides of the capital raising- (VC point of view) How to invest in start up/ small companies and how to evaluate them and (entrepreneur point of view) What needs to be done for raising finance and how to present the projects.


Long Term Career Interest:Return to family business, expand the export company and raise structured financing for the real estate company.

What I want from a B School MBA:

Academic : More hands on experience will be preferred along with good international exposure.

Social : Want to experience a great student life. Looking for a school with cooperative and team oriented environment where a young entrepreneur will be accepted. Would ideally like to interact with a lot of intl. students.

Repute: More than ranking, good professors and good alumni network which can be tapped later on.

Network : A well knit alumni network is essential as it will help my existing business a great deal.


Leadership: Wide range of responsibilities- developing company brand, interacting with foreign delegates, market research etc. In general more than day to day operations I implement the changes that my father has wanted to make for years. Good results achieved. Am being groomed as a future leader.

Recommendations: A problem area. I do not have an immediate supervisor. I work with 2 other directors (dad and another partner). Whose recommendations can I get?

Extra-curricular: Since highschool I work for the non profit trust that my family runs. Active in the fields of free health care, education, yoga and cultural outreach.(It has a history of 300 years and almost entire immediate family is involved)

I am also learning French as a fourth language.

Ambitious- UCLA, Anderson
Target colleges: USC, Marshall; Kelley, Indiana; Emory, Goizueta
Safety- UCI, Irvine and Boston University

Suggestions for schools and feedback on the profile will be welcome. Thanx in advance