Frank F Islam
| Frank Fakhrul Islam | |
|---|---|
| Born | Azamgarh, India [1] |
| Residence | Washington D.C. |
| Education | Master of Science in Computers |
| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University,[1] University of Colorado |
| Occupation | Chairman & CEO of FI Investment Group |
| Website | frankislam |
Frank Islam is an information technology entrepreneur, who heads the FI Investment Group. He was the founder and CEO of the QSS Group.[2]
Islam immigrated to the United States from India in 1970 when he was only 15 year old. Islam started his QSS Group in Lanham, a federal government IT services company, 1994 with a $50,000 bank loan. In 2007, he sold the firm to Perot Systems Corp. for $250 million. He established a private foundation that supports educational, cultural and artistic causes in the United States and around the world.[3]
In September, 2013, US President Barack Obama appointed him to be the General Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.[4]
In 2014 he built the Norton Manor, a 40,000-square-foot faux-Old European estate in Potomac, where he regularly staged events for the Democratic Party.[5] He also plans to develop educational institute of his home district Azamgarh .[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Man who went from Azamgarh to Obama's team - TOI Mobile - The Times of India Mobile Site".
- ^ "Frank Islam - The Huffington Post".
- ^ http://wikiurls.com/?http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/March-April-2016/The-House-that-Frank-Islam-Built/
- ^ "Board of Trustees | The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Art". www.kennedy-center.org. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
- ^ Norton Manor is a 40,000-square-foot residence on nine acres in Potomac, Md., Washington Post, September 24, 2014
- ^ فرینک اسلام -- اعظم گڑھ کے ننداؤں سے امریکہ کا سفر, Hausla News, December 02, 2014
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