Omeed Malik

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Omeed Malik
Born1979or1980(age 44–45)
New Jersey, U.S.
Education Colgate University (BA)
Emory University (JD)
Occupation(s) Business executive and banker

Omeed Malik (born 1979or1980 [1] ) is an American banker and executive. He is the founder and CEO of the merchant bank Farvahar Partners. [2]

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Early life

Omeed Malik was born in New Jersey to an Iranian mother and a Pakistani father. [3] He received his Juris Doctor degree from Emory University Law School and his bachelor's degree from Colgate University. [4]

Career

Malik started as a spokesperson for Representative Donald M. Payne. [5] He worked as a corporate lawyer at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York before joining MF Global and later Bank of America Merrill Lynch to run the prime brokerage business and to lead the emerging manager program. [6] [7] Malik left Bank of America in January 2018 to launch an advisory firm for hedge funds and alternative investment managers. [7] Later reports indicated that Malik was forced out after investigations into allegations of inappropriate conduct, which Malik disputed and filed a $100 million arbitration claim against Bank of America on the basis of defamation, retaliation, breach of contract, and discrimination against his Muslim background. [8] [9] [10] In July 2018, Bank of America settled the case and paid Malik an eight-figure sum. [8]

In 2018, Malik has appeared on Showtime's TV series Billions in a cameo role. [11]

In 2020, Neil Patel brought in Malik as a new partner of right-wing news site The Daily Caller . [12]

In 2022, Malik founded 1789 Capital, a venture capital firm which focuses on products and companies associated with conservative values. [13] In 2023, it made its first investment into the new media company lead by Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel. [14]

In 2023, Malik's Colombier Acquisition Corp agreed to merge with online marketplace Public Square. [15]

Malik was an early supporter of the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign, [16] and later a supporter of the Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign. Following Trump's conviction in New York, Malik said: "This verdict will have less than zero impact on my support". [17] [18] Following Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Trump's eldest son Donald Trump Jr. announced that he would be joining Malik's 1789 Capital rather than a role in his father's administration. [19]

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  2. ↑ "Malik Launches Merchant-Banking Business" . Retrieved May 16, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  7. 1 2 Delevingne, Lawrence (January 18, 2018). "Ex-Bank of America executive Malik to launch fund advisory firm". Reuters . Retrieved May 16, 2019.
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