Name Ziad Abdelnour | ||
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Born December 3, 1960 (age 63) ( 1960-12-03 ) Beirut, Lebanon Occupation Author and President & CEO of Blackhawk Partners, Inc Education American University of Beirut | ||
Will The Doomsayers Ever Be Right and When Can We Make Money From Them? | With Ziad K. Abdelnour
Ziad K. Abdelnour is a Lebanese-born American investment banker and financier and activist on Lebanon-related issues. He is President & CEO of Blackhawk Partners, Inc., Founder & President of the Financial Policy Council and President & Founder of the U.S Committee for a Free Lebanon.
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- Will The Doomsayers Ever Be Right and When Can We Make Money From Them With Ziad K Abdelnour
- Education
- Activism
- Career
- Book
- References
Abdelnour is the son of Lebanese industrialist and former MP Khalil Abdelnour
Education
Abdelnour was born in Beirut, Lebanon. He received a BS degree in Economics in 1982 from the American University of Beirut an MBA degree in finance at Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania.
Activism
Abdelnour was a founding member of the United States Committee for A Free Lebanon, an immigrant association lobbying the United States government to oppose Syria's influence in Lebanon, supporting the Syria Accountability Act. He supported the neoconservative Middle East Forum, co-authoring a Forum study whose signatories included later George W. Bush administration officials Paula Dobriansky and Douglas Feith.
Career
Following graduation Abdelnour worked as an investment banker at Drexel Burnham Lambert, where he was a successful junk bond trader under Michael Milken. In 2006 he founded his own investment company/private family office after a career on Wall Street trading physical commodities and advising and investing in privately held companies.
In 2011 he wrote Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics, arguing that governments should focus on wealth creation, not job creation. In early May 2013, the SEC settled a securities case with Abdelnour for a $25,000 fine and a five-year ban from the securities industry.
Book
Abdelnour, Ziad (2011). Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politic. Wiley. ISBN 1118150120.