Farooq Kathwari (born 1944) is an

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businessman who is currently the CEO of

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Life

Kathwari moved to the United States from Kashmir, India in 1965. He is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive officer of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. He has been president of the Company since 1985 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since 1987. In 1989, he formed a group to purchase Ethan Allen and took the Company public in 1993. Under Kathwari’s leadership, Ethan Allen has been transformed into a leading manufacturer and retailer of home furnishings in the United States In 2016, Kathwari became co-chair of the

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, an organization founded to address anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish bigotry in the United States.

Personal life

Kathwari is

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. His family is from

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, India. He had 2 sons, Irfan, who died fighting in the Afghan Civil War in 1992, and Omar as well as a daughter, Farrah. He lives in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kathwari, Farooq 1944 births American people of Indian descent American Muslims American people of Kashmiri descent Living people Businesspeople from New Rochelle, New York Indian emigrants to the United States The Stimson Center 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American businesspeople