Turk Al-Sabah is a PhD student in the finance program at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. His primary research interests lie in the areas of corporate finance, labor and finance, and household finance.

Before starting his graduate studies, Turk worked in investments at State Street Corp and the Kuwait Investment Authority—one of the largest sovereign wealth funds. He received his MFin degree from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, and his BS and MBA degrees from the College of Business at Kuwait University.