Bachuwa, Alexander

Alexander Bachuwa's parents emigrated from Iraq to the United States in 1982, the year he was born. As a child, he dreamt of becoming a professional basketball player-a goal he gave up for his parents' assertion that the real ticket to success in life is higher education. Unconvinced, he still graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in economics. Underpaid, he attended law school at Arizona State University. Unemployed, he later added an MBA to the list of letters behind his name.

Today, he is Alexander Bachuwa, JD, MBA, entrepreneur (a work in progress), world explorer, author....