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Omar S. Amanat is a U.S. businessman and entrepreneur. Most recently he was the founder, CEO and majority shareholder of Tradescape Corporation, a next-generation brokerage and technology firm for professional investors, which he founded in 1997 and sold to E*Trade in 2002 for $280 million, becoming one of E*Trade's largest shareholders. Prior to forming Tradescape, Amanat co-founded CyberBlock, the predecessor of CyberTrader, Inc., which was acquired by Charles Schwab in February 2000 for $488 million.

Amanat attended the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School of Businesswhere he was an Entrepeneur in Residence (EIR) and 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.

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On April 8th 2004 Mr Amanat filed a $1.5 billion lawsuit against E*Trade and shortly thereafter Etrade filed a counterclaim for $20 million.

External links

www.acumenfund.org, www.humanrightswatch.org, www.goodnewsbroadcast.com,

• American businesspeople
• American entrepreneurs