Saadia Zahidi (Urdu: سعدیہ زاہدی) is a managing director at the World Economic Forum.

She was the youngest person to be appointed managing director and board member at the World Economic Forum in 2018.

She also leads initiatives on growth, innovation, skills, jobs, equity and social mobility.

[7] [8] She published the book Fifty Million Rising: The New Generation of Working Women Transforming the Muslim World in 2018.

[10][11] Her book proposal won the inaugural Financial Times and McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize for young business authors in 2014.