Qasim is a real estate investment trust manager and dentist, whose passion in life is finance and economics. He got into the market at a young age, starting his trading journey on the foreign exchange market. After falling in love with investing, he went on to attend courses and obsessively read books, articles and shareholder letters. His investing style is influenced by the works of some of the great value investors to which he has referred throughout the book. He has loved teaching since his first ever job as a chemistry tutor, and after witnessing the impact that investing made on his life, he wanted to help others take control of their financial future. When teaching investing, he found that the books he would recommend were either too complex or too simple. From Speculator to Investor is an effort to bridge that gap.