Ibrahim Khan is the co-founder of Islamic Finance Guru and Cur8 Capital, a shariah-compliant investment platform.

He studied PPE at Oxford University before starting his career as a corporate lawyer, where he gained experience working in private funds.

In 2019, after running IFG as a blog, he decided to leave his corporate career to go full-time on the company. 

Since then, IFG now educates millions of muslims every year, and its sister company, Cur8 Capital, manages over $120m for over 2,500 Muslims across the world 

Connect with Ibrahim Khan:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mibrahimkhan/

https://www.youtube.com/@IFGuru

https://cur8.capital/

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00:00 – Introduction 

02:02 – How did you know you wanted go into Islamic Finance? 

04:55 – What skillset should you acquire to go into Islamic Finance?

07:25 – How important are Islamic qualifications for this field?

09:51 – What does a TRUE Islamic Finance system look like? 

12:15 – What are the missing pieces of Islamic Economics?

15:30 – What are the key gaps still missing in Islamic Finance?

18:02 – What’s the importance of payment infrastructure?

22:30 – Why is insurance ignored?

23:59 – Why are there so many failed Islamic Finance startups?

26:57 – Is there a talent problem with Islamic startups?

28:24 – What’s the IFG/Cur8 story?

32:07 – Why did you raise Venture Capital funding?

35:47 – What do most founders get wrong when building startups?

38:26 – What gets Ibrahim excited about founders?

41:25 – Is there a conflict of interest in building an Islamic company?

43:51 – Is there a Quran verse you reflect upon a lot?

47:42 – Ibrahim's startup advice for Sohaib

49:55 – How can Sohaib improve as a person?

51:30 – Sohaib’s best and worst moments at IFG

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Muslim Founder Podcast – conversations with leaders who have built successful companies and organisations. 

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