Quazi has defied every expectation since he was 10. Now the teen prodigy is defying the allure of Silicon Valley.

You might have heard about Kairan Quazi, the young genius who worked for Elon Musk. Now, at just 16 years old, he's making a huge career change. Quazi is leaving his job as an engineer at SpaceX.

Sixteen-year-old Kairan Quazi makes headlines by departing from SpaceX to join Citadel Securities as a quant developer, ...

In 2023, when he was 14, he joined SpaceX as the company's youngest employee, working on the Starlink division.

Kairan Quazi, a teenage prodigy of Bangladeshi origin, became an engineer at Elon Musk’s SpaceX at 14. Now 16, he has ...

Kairan Quazi, the youngest SpaceX engineer, joins Citadel Securities after graduating from Santa Clara University at 14.

Kairan Quazi, a Pleasanton-born prodigy, is making his next big career move at age 16. Santa Clara University’s youngest-ever ...

Kairan Quazi, the 16-year-old prodigy who  joined SpaceX at just 14, is taking a new leap, this time to Wall Street.After two ...

Kairan Quazi, the 16-year-old prodigy and Elon Musk’s youngest hire, has left SpaceX’s Starlink division to join Citadel ...

At 16, Kairan Quazi is leaving SpaceX to join Citadel Securities in New York, choosing finance over AI for faster impact and new challenges.

Kairan's journey has not always been easy for the entire Quazi family. "For the longest time, we actually didn't know until he got tested at 9 years old that he was considered profoundly gifted ...