Kairan Quazi Biography

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Kairan Quazi : KEY FACTS

Birthday

Jan 27, 2009

Profession

Young Scholar at the Davidson Institute

Birth Place

Pleasanton, California, United States

Age

16 Years

Kairan Quazi is a famous Bangladeshi-American Young Scholar at the Davidson Institute, who was born on Jan 27, 2009 in Pleasanton, California, United States. Find Kairan Quazi age, wife, net worth, height, weight, education, career, family, images, biography & more updates. Get information about Kairan Quazi’s all key achievements or accomplishments, including professional and personal life detail.

Personal Profile About Kairan Quazi

Kairan Quazi is an American-Bangladeshi software engineer and child prodigy. He was born on January 27, 2009, in Pleasanton, California. He completed internships at Intel Labs in AI research and at Blackbird.AI in disinformation detection. In June 2023, he was hired by Elon Musk’s SpaceX to work on the Starlink team. By 2025, at the age of 16, he joined Citadel Securities in New York as a quantitative developer.

The Kairan Quazi biography is the story of a boy who was speaking in full sentences and showing signs of giftedness by age two, solved advanced math problems and tutored college students as a child, and became the youngest professional in high finance.

Kairan Quazi Parents

Kairan Quazi parents Mustahid Quazi and Jullia Quazi (née Chowdhury), are Bangladeshi immigrants in the US. His father worked as a chemical engineer, and his mother was a Wall Street executive. They both faced challenges raising a child who was so different from others, often fearing they were “failing” him.

Kairan Quazi parents recognized his intelligence at age 2 and supported his education and emotional growth when schools could not meet his needs.

Kairan Quazi Net Worth

Although still very young, Kairan Quazi net worth is already in discussion because of his unique career path. His income sources include his engineering work at SpaceX and his new role at Citadel Securities, one of the top Wall Street firms. While official figures are not publicly confirmed, his achievements at such a young age suggest that the Kairan Quazi net worth will continue to grow as he builds his career in both technology and finance.

Kairan Quazi Father

Kairan Quazi father name is Mustahid Quazi. He belonged to a Muslim Quazi family originally from Manikganj in Bangladesh. Before settling in the U.S. with his family, he had built a career as a chemical engineer.

Kairan Quazi father role was balanced by his wife, Julia, who helped create a stable environment where Kairan’s abilities could flourish.

Kairan Quazi Story

The Kairan Quazi story began when doctors and teachers noticed his extraordinary intelligence at the age of two. By third grade, he was already studying calculus and organic chemistry. He also joined Mensa International and the Davidson Institute Young Scholar program.

By age nine, he was already enrolled at both the Helios School for gifted children and Las Positas Community College, where he studied mathematics and chemistry. The Kairan Quazi story continued with completing California’s high school equivalency exam by age 10. By 11, he had earned an associate degree in mathematics. Later, he completed his bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering at Santa Clara University and became the youngest senator in student government at just 14 years old.

Kairan Quazi SpaceX

The Kairan Quazi SpaceX journey started in June 2023, when he was recruited to SpaceX’s Starlink engineering team after several interviews and rejections with major companies due to his age. SpaceX announced on X that they recruit “the best, brightest, and smartest engineers in the world, even a 14-year-old.”

Kairan Quazi SpaceX experience made him one of the youngest engineers ever hired in the aerospace field. He relocated with his mother to Redmond, Washington, to begin his work on software development for satellite beam targeting and communication systems before moving into finance.