He is a Business Manager at Pakistan Oxygen Limited in Karachi, one of Pakistan's major private sector enterprises. He had general management responsibility for a business division which included the functions of marketing, manufacturing, sales, inventory and project management.

Mr. Rizvi holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) degree (1978) from the N.E.D University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (1980) from the University of Kentucky, Lexington.