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| Mr Amanat was dubbed by Fortune Magazine as one of the "Top Ten Most Influential Technologists" on Wall Street where his company was featured 5 times and once on the cover under the title "The New Market Makers." His company Tradescape traded over 10% of NASDAQ's daily Trading volume. | Mr Amanat was dubbed by Fortune Magazine as one of the "Top Ten Most Influential Technologists" on Wall Street where his company was featured 5 times and once on the cover under the title "The New Market Makers." His company Tradescape traded over 10% of NASDAQ's daily Trading volume. | ||
| He is currently Vice-Chairman of the Acumen Fund and is considered one of the "Global Leaders of the next 50 years" | |||
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Business History
Mr. Omar S. Amanat most recently was the Founder, CEO and majority shareholder of Tradescape Corp, a next generation brokerage and technology firm for professional investors, which he founded in 1997 and sold to E*Trade Financial in 2002 becoming one of E*Trade's largest shareholders. Prior to forming Tradescape, Mr. Amanat co-founded CyberBlock, the predecessor of CyberTrader, Inc., which was acquired by Charles Schwab in February 2000. Mr. Amanat is the recipient of the prestigious Albert P. Einstein Technology award for outstanding corporate citizenship and sits on the Board of Trustees for the Harlem Youth Development Foundation. He has been profiled in various media venues including Fortune Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and is a frequent public speaker including a fateful speech planned at Windows on the World 9/11 Mr. Amanat attended the University of Pennsylvania
Mr Amanat was dubbed by Fortune Magazine as one of the "Top Ten Most Influential Technologists" on Wall Street where his company was featured 5 times and once on the cover under the title "The New Market Makers." His company Tradescape traded over 10% of NASDAQ's daily Trading volume. He is currently Vice-Chairman of the Acumen Fund and is considered one of the "Global Leaders of the next 50 years"