page_title: List of American Muslims
section_title: Business
hierarchical_section_title: List of American Muslims / Business
caption_attribution_description: English: Mohamed A. El-Erian, Managing Director of the Pacific Investment Management Company, speaking at the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda 2008 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
context_page_description: This is an incomplete list of notable Muslims who live or lived in the United States.
context_section_description: Mohamed A. El-Erian – CEO of PIMCO, manager of over $1 trillion in global assets
  Shahid Khan – owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL), the English Premier League team Fulham F.C., and automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate in Urbana, Illinois
  Farooq Kathwari – CEO of Ethan Allen Global, Inc.
  Abdul Malik Mujahid – President of Sound Vision and community activist
  Safi Qureshey – Pakistani-American entrepreneur and philanthropist; co-founder and former CEO of AST Research
  Javed Ahmed – currently lives in London, where his headquarters are located; chief executive officer of Tate & Lyle, a FTSE 250 company which is one of Britain's oldest brands
  Farooq Kathwari – Chairman, President and Chief Executive officer of Ethan Allen
  Syed Moiz Balkhi  –  Florida-based entrepreneur; founder of WPBeginner
  Michael Chowdry (1955–2001) – Forbes 400 businessman; founder of air cargo company Atlas Air, which in 2001 was worth over $1.39 billion
  Tariq Farid – entrepreneur; owner and CEO of Edible Arrangements
  Nabeel Gareeb –  appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of MEMC in 2002; according to CNN he was the 24th highest paid CEO in 2006; according to Forbes he was the 6th highest earning CEO in 2008 in the US
  Fred Hassan – Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough from 2003–2009, when the company completed its merger with Merck & Co
  Mansoor Ijaz – businessman; founder and chairman of Crescent Investment Management LLC, a New York investment partnership; commentator on Fox News
  Atif Sheikh – finalist for the new World Trade Center design contest hosted by CNN; founded Atex Capital Partners, a combined venture capital firm based in London
  Hammad Siddiqi – economist and social commentator; received numerous awards in journalism including the Edward F. Tancready Award
caption: PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian at the World Economic Forum
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