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Taj Ahmad Eldridge
Taj Ahmad Eldridge is an investor and entrepreneur dedicated to helping impact driven start ups in the climate space. He as raised $250 million to support black and latino investors and entrepreneurs.

Early Life
Taj grew up in Dallas. He holds a BA degree in poetry and literature from Texas A&M University. He also holds an MBA in International Business from Pepperdine University. Taj then continued his education at Claremont Graduate University as a PhD candidate.

Career
After his undergraduate degree, Taj had difficulties finding a job as a writer. He settled for a job at a Wells Fargo Bank in Dallas which was located in a grocery store.

After a short stint at a Wells Fargo branch in Las Vegas, Taj moved to Los Angelas to start a career in corporate banking role. After his MBA was completed he was hired into UBS Group's Beverly Hills asset management team. After UBS, he moved to a downtown based hedge fund TRW Investments. Thats when he started investing in start ups and eventually decided to join one of them. . The startup had hardships which left Taj without income to support his family. He was forced to get a job packaging clothes at a Zumiez warehouse which Taj describes as being one of the lowest and humblings points of his life.