- Omar Amanat
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Omar S. Amanat is an American who has worked as an entrepreneur in the online trading industry and in the media industry.
After graduating from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1995, he worked for a year at the online trading firm Datek Online.[1] Afterward, he moved to Texas and partnered with Philip Berber on a prototype online trading system called Cyber-Block,[2] before moving to New York to start Tradescape.[1] In 2002, E*Trade acquired Tradescape for $276 million.[3] As a result of his work in the online trading industry, he was named one of Wall Street's "Top Ten Most Influential Technologists".[2]
Amanat worked as a spokesman for Bridges TV before its debut,[4] where he advocated for Muslims to undo negative misperceptions of themselves in media.[5] He co-founded a film fund affiliated with the United Nations called the Alliance of Civilizations Media Fund[6] and is a highly influential shareholder of Summit Entertainment via a 20% ownership stake in Peak Group Holdings.[7] Brent Lang of The Wrap called him "the most powerful person in Hollywood you've never heard of".[7] Amanat commissioned Harvard Medical School to research the physiological effects on minorities who watch images of violence being perpetrated on fellow minorities.[8][9]
He sits on the Board of Malaria No More[2] and has been an executive producer of films including The Visitor,[10] Darfur Now,[10] Smart People,[10] and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.[10]
References
- ^ a b Matthew Goldstein Tradescape Becomes a Contender SmartMoney. March 13, 2000. Accessed February 9, 2011.
- ^ a b c Business Week http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=430125&privcapId=40485923&previousCapId=42368917&previousTitle=National%20Security%20Solutions%20Inc
- ^ "E*Trade Shareholder Filing: S.E.C 10-Q Quarterly Report" (PDF). shareholder.com. June 30, 2002. http://www.shareholder.com/common/edgar/1015780/1012870-02-3391/02-00.pdf.
- ^ Jay Tokasz (December 20, 2004). "Muslim TV Network Debuted Amid Litigation". Buffalo News: p. B.3.
- ^ News aljazeerah.info: First American Muslim Television Channel Announced by Bridges Network
- ^ Oprah Winfrey http://www.oprah.com/oprahradio/Global-Philanthropist-Omar-Amanat
- ^ a b Brent Lang (March 14, 2011). "Summit Investor's Libel Suit Reveals Omar Amanat's Control" The Wrap Accessed August 5, 2011.
- ^ Ten Young Visionaries http://islamicamagazine.com/?p=722
- ^ UN Alliance of Civilizations Research http://www.unaoc.org/repository/thematic_media.pdf
- ^ a b c d http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2713368/
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