{"id":841,"date":"2026-08-19T01:49:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T17:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barzov.com\/?p=841"},"modified":"2026-09-01T22:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:49:09","slug":"achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barzov.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/19\/achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"Achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Academic Credentials<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Degrees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA
S.B. in Mathematics; S.B. in Economics, Class of 2006<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graduate Degree<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

INSEAD, Singapore
MBA, Class of December 2009 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mathematical Competitions<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Olympiads<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

International Mathematical Olympiad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Romania, Bucharest, 1999 — Silver<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • South Korea, Daejeon, 2000 — Gold<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • United States, Washington, D.C., 2001 — Gold<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • United Kingdom, Glasgow, 2002 — Gold<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    Balkan Mathematical Olympiad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • Moldova, Chi\u0219in\u0103u, 2000 — Silver<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Serbia, Belgrade, 2001 — Gold<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Bulgarian National Mathematical Olympiad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      • Sofia, 2001 — First place<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Sofia, 2002 — First place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        All-Russian Mathematical Olympiad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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        • Tver, 2000 — First place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          High School Competitions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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          • Kangaroo, Sofia, 1999 — Excellent performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Chernorizets Hrabar, 2000 — Excellent performance <\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Australian Mathematical Competition, 2000 — Perfect score and Special Achievement Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Spring Contest, Yambol, 2000 — Winner and special prize <\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Stara Zagora, 2000 — Excellent performance <\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Winter Contest, Russe, 2000 — First place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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            University Competitions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

            Putnam Mathematical Competition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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            • Putnam Competition, 2002 — Superior performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Putnam Competition, 2003 — Superior performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Putnam Competition, 2004 — Putnam Fellow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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              Standardized Admissions Tests<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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              • SAT I: Reasoning test, November 2001\n
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                • Verbal: 570, Math: 800<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • SAT II: Subject tests, October 2001\n
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                  • Writing: 700, Math IIC: 800, Physics: 800<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • GMAT, November 2007\n
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                    • Verbal: 44, Quantitative: 50, Analytical writing: 5, Total: 770<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                      Conference Awards<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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                      • \u0423\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u041a\u043e\u043d\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043d\u0446\u0438\u044f 2001, \u0421\u043e\u0444\u0438\u044f, 2001<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • \u041f\u0440\u043e\u0435\u043a\u0442: \u0418\u043d\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u0438 \u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435\u0442\u043e \u0438\u043c<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                        Employment<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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                        • Goldman Sachs, New York, 2006 — 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        • Goldman Sachs Japan Holdings, Ltd., Tokyo, 2007 — 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        • Google Switzerland GmbH, Z\u00fcrich, 2016 — 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                          Academic Credentials Undergraduate Degrees Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MAS.B. in Mathematics; S.B. in Economics, Class of 2006 Graduate Degree INSEAD, SingaporeMBA, Class of December 2009 Mathematical Competitions Olympiads International Mathematical Olympiad Balkan Mathematical Olympiad Bulgarian National Mathematical Olympiad All-Russian Mathematical Olympiad High School Competitions University Competitions Putnam Mathematical Competition Standardized Admissions Tests Conference […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mathematics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barzov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barzov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barzov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barzov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barzov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":65,"href":"https:\/\/barzov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1120,"href":"https:\/\/barzov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions\/1120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barzov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barzov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barzov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}