About
Salman Allana spent five years at Citibank as an Associate Vice President covering African equities across Sub-Saharan Africa, and later held a business development and strategy role at UPS Pakistan. He founded Rider in 2019 to address logistics challenges in emerging markets.
Founder at RiderYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Salman went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Experience
- OVEXChief Commercial Officer (CCO)current2025 — presentDubai, United Arab Emirates
- RiderFounder and CEO2019 — 2024Karachi, Pakistan
- UPSHead of Strategy & Business Development2018Pakistan
- RyeloreVP Business Development: MBA Work Placement2016 — 2017London, United Kingdom
- CitiAfrican Equities Trader - Assistant Vice President2012 — 2015
- CitiManagement Associate2011 — 2012
- Crosby CapitalAnalyst Intern2010
- CitiIntern2010Dubai, UAE
- DawnNewsProducer - Intern2009Karachi, Pakistan
Skills & more
Stock Trading2Proprietary Trading1Sales3Transactional Banking1Finance6Credit Risk3Equities5Investments1Bloomberg3Derivatives4Investment Banking2Trading3
Languages English · French · German · Urdu
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Salman Allana?
- Salman Allana spent five years at Citibank as an Associate Vice President covering African equities across Sub-Saharan Africa, and later held a business development and strategy role at UPS Pakistan. He founded Rider in 2019 to address logistics challenges in emerging markets.
- Where does Salman Allana work?
- Salman Allana is Founder of Rider.
- What companies did Salman Allana found?
- Salman Allana founded Rider.
- Where did Salman Allana go to school?
- Salman Allana studied at Imperial Business School (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)); The University of British Columbia (Bachelor of Arts (BA), Political Science and Economics).
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