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About Omar Amanat
Omar Amanat was founder and CEO of Tradescape Corporations, the first brokerage and technology firm to offer investors direct connectivity to all nine Electronic Communications Networks and alternative stock exchanges. Tradescape was named one of the top fifty private companies, and processed more than 10% of NASDAQ’s daily trading volume. In 2002, the finance-centered company E*Trade bought Tradescape for $280 million, making Mr. Amanat their largest shareholder to date.
Mr. Amanat sharpened his skills at the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School of Business. From there he developed a trading platform prototype with CyberTrader founder Philip Berber. Their platform was acquired for $488 million by Charles Schwab in 2000. For his many contributions and pioneering role in the electronic brokerage industry, Fortune Magazine named Mr. Amanat one of Wall Street’s "Top Ten Most Influential Technologists."
As a member of the Global Philanthropists Circle, Mr. Amanat also engages in humanitarian activities both as a businessman and public speaker. He recently served as Vice Chairman of the Board of the Acumen Fund, a global capital fund for the poor, which has a reputation as one of the most innovative modern charities. He is on the Board of Directors of Human Rights Watch and Malaria No More. Mr. Amanat is also involved with the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City, and is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Indeed, Omar Amanat is so committed to the progression of a global community that he is using his financial and philanthropic expertise in the realm of film and television.
After observing intercultural relations in a post-9/11 world, Mr. Amanat began exploring the role of media in creating social change. He was the initial financier for Bridges TV, an American station devoted to connecting Muslim and non-Muslim cultures via television. His involvement has expanded to a majority partnership with a new $1 billion Hollywood production studio, and he was also the financier for several other production/distribution film companies, with plans to create 20 to 30 feature films in the next five years.
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